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2015 Blog Posts

Live Forever Club blog archive - life extension, medical technology and survival.

New year's resolutions to live forever
06-Jan-2015

New year's resolutions to live forever

Boring but effective - don't smoke, exercise regularly, eat 5-a-day, meditate, sleep well

Machine controls human - next step an app to define yourself
27-Jan-2015

Machine controls human - next step an app to define yourself

EnteroMedics announces FDA Approval of its electronic device that disrupts the signal between the stomach and the brain

Chip sandwich anyone? Human on a chip and chip on a cell
06-Feb-2015

Chip sandwich anyone? Human on a chip and chip on a cell

We're now able to barcode individual cells, and also create 1:100,000 scale human bodies

Medical technology meets Moore's Law equals in vivo diagnostics
18-Feb-2015

Medical technology meets Moore's Law equals in vivo diagnostics

In the 2040s we could all have swarms of sensors monitoring every part of our bodies

Action Man bionic eyes coming to an opticians near you soon
26-Feb-2015

Action Man bionic eyes coming to an opticians near you soon

EPFL demonstrate the latest prototype a contact lens with built in optical zoom

Living forever one step at a time - preferably in safety shoes
15-Mar-2015

Living forever one step at a time - preferably in safety shoes

You don't want your freshly rejuvenated legs creating a mishap of their own

Living Forever - an absolutely abhorrent aberration?
22-Apr-2015

Living Forever - an absolutely abhorrent aberration?

Feedback from a conversation with a totally normal friend (not a deathist)

Laboratory Automation - only the white coats remain
24-Apr-2015

Laboratory Automation - only the white coats remain

Reducing the time and cost of clinical tests will help us beat the big killers, then guide our personalised rejuvenation programmes

20 years-long sauna study shows big impact on life expectancy
29-Apr-2015

20 years-long sauna study shows big impact on life expectancy

The more saunas, and the longer the duration, the greater the reduction in mortality in Finnish men

Air pollution - a significant killer
07-May-2015

Air pollution - a significant killer

Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and other air pollution can knock 12 years off your life

Open Air Factor - the free and simple life extender
21-May-2015

Open Air Factor - the free and simple life extender

Fresh air and sunlight are so effective that military researchers have a name for it!

Doomsday virus - it could happen to us in the blink of an eye
04-Jun-2015

Doomsday virus - it could happen to us in the blink of an eye

Devastation of saiga antelope population is a good reminder of how quickly society could be wiped out

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population
07-Jul-2015

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population

Replace the defence budget with a space colonisation budget and everyone board can be shipped off planet

Virtual Bodies are Accelerating Research and Diagnostics
21-Jul-2015

Virtual Bodies are Accelerating Research and Diagnostics

A quick summary of projects trying to recreate cells, tissues and organs in silico

Warts precision medicine got to do with it?
04-Aug-2015

Warts precision medicine got to do with it?

Skin growth as an example of where early diagnosis could save money, and put patients' minds at rest

Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
09-Sep-2015

Under 44? Get ready to live forever!

A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960

Apple releases its brain uploading service for immortality
21-Oct-2015

Apple releases its brain uploading service for immortality

How will the first mind uploading service compare to 19th century thinking?!

Increasing HDL cholesterol level without increasing body fat percentage
30-Nov-2015

Increasing HDL cholesterol level without increasing body fat percentage

Health tips aren't a "one size fits all" solution

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