http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/ Engadget Comments for Infrared laser shown to quicken heart rate, gives hope for ultra-small pacemakers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/
At this rate within 100 years: cancer will be cured, organs will be grown routinely, synthetic blood will make donations unnecessary, and who knows what else. Genetic re-sequencing to combat hereditary diseases?

This is a great time to be alive!]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/
No, and I'll tell you why.
They will never experience the suffering of all these medical conditions and that's a great thing. However they also will never experience just what it took to get that far. If you ever played Civilization 3, whenever you discover the cure for cancer it creates an instant golden age, and your unhappy citizens, become content. I've seen images of the celebrations at the end of WW2. I can only imagine the worldwide happiness and celebrations that a cure for cancer would create. It's a day worth being here to see!]]>Aug 16th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/I don't know what you take and in what form, but do you honestly believe that we will have a golden age over 100 years?

We don't have enough resources for everyone to live like the middle class or even higher, unless we learn to recycle efficiently and even then recycling itself sometimes is more polluting than mining from natural resources.

So the way I see it is we're gonna have a big war or bad diseases or natural hazard (like flood/huricane/earthquake/etc) in the (near) future.

And to be honest we already have bad diseases and they just keep getting stronger because we have to use heavier stuff to kill them whenever they pop-up. Global there are more natural hazards than before so we have that as well.

The only thing left is a big war to end all wars ;) . It will probably be about resources(like the war in Iraq) and we already see tensions in resourceful places, it is only a matter of time and bad economy. The latter of which looks like regaining, but only time will tell.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/
Yes I do think we will have a golden age!
I feel very optimistic today, I'm normally a realist. The Animatrix's described it as a second renaissance, the fruit of robotics, and various other technological innovations. Imagine inventions comparable in scope to the internet itself!

As for war, the days of large scale war is over. Regional conflicts like Iraq & Afghanistan are what war is today. Genocide & terrorism will still be problems in 100 years.

I don't see any large scale wars for resources happening. The big thing now everyone talks about is that there isn't enough water. Desalination of sea water is more expensive, but more advanced solar panels will make the energy needed cheaper. How is recycling more polluting than mining?

I disagree that the world can't all live like the middle class. The idea assumes that everyone on Earth will live like the US and technology remains stagnant. It reminds me of the doomsayers of the past, who said that we would all be starving by the 20th century. Of course from their perspective they couldn't have imagined a diesel tractor.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/Aug 16th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/infrared-laser-shown-to-quicken-heart-rate-gives-hope-for-ultra/
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