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THURSDAY, MARCH 1,
2012
CuteNaija at 3/01/2012
02:43:00 AM
Russian scientists aim at
making human beings live
forever in the next 10 years
Human minds could be
downloaded into robots
within 10 years, allowing
human beings to 'live
forever', says the Russian
entrepreneur who heads a
hi-tech research project
called 'Avatar'.
Itskov, a media entrepreneur,
claims to have hired 100
scientists to reach this goal -
and is now looking for other
scientists to help with the
project.
'This project is leading
down the road to
immortality,' says Itskov. 'A
person with a perfect
Avatar will be able to
remain part of society.
People don’t want to die.'
Itskov, a 31-year-old
media entrepreneur, says
that he aims to transplant
a human brain into a
robot body within 10
years. He says his
technology will be of
interest at first to the
'disabled and close to
dying'
‘I understand these are
some very big challenges
for scientists,’ Itskov says.
‘But I believe in
something you call ‘The
American Dream.’ If you
put all your energy and
time into something, you
can make it a reality.
Itskov envisages surgically
'transplanting' a human
consciousness into a robot
body within 10 years.
He hopes to then 'upload'
minds without surgery,
leaving human bodies as
empty husks as their owners
'live on' inside robots.
The project is called Avatar
after the James Cameron
movie, set far in the future,
where human soldiers use
mind control to inhabit the
bodies of human alien hybrids
as they carry out a war
against the inhabitants of a
distant world.
'The next effort of science
will be to create a new
body for the human
being,' says Itskov,
speaking at the Global
Future 2045 conference.
'It will have a perfect
brain-machine interface to
allow control and a human
brain life support system
so the brain can survive
outside the body.'
Itskov says that the system
will at first be of interest to,
'Disabled people and people
at the edge of dying.'
'The third phase will be to
create an artificial human
brain,' he says - a
computer environment
into which human minds
can be uploaded.
The Daleks' cyborg leader
'Davros': The first stage of
Itskov's project will be to
transplant a human brain
into a robot. Itskov says
that the system will at
first be of interest to,
'People at the edge of
dying.'
Measuring brain waves
with EEG machine: Recent
breakthroughs have
allowed scientists to 'see'
what is inside people's
heads for the first time -
but could the technology
really be used to create
robot Avatars?
His final goal, he says, is to
upload human minds into
holographic bodies.
Holograms give plenty of
advantages. You can walk
through walls, move at the
speed of light, he says.
‘Remember in Star Wars, Obi-
Wan’s hologram? That was
pretty amazing.’
Itskov says he wants to work
with DARPA - the Defense
Advance Research Projects
Agency in the U.S military.
DARPA is already researching
ways for its troops to use
their minds to remotely
control androids who will take
human soldiers' place on the
battlefield.
The Pentagon's hi-tech
research arm, has earmarked
$7million for research into the
project, also nicknamed
Avatar.
According to the Darpa's 2013
budget: 'The Avatar program
will develop interfaces and
algorithms to enable a soldier
to effectively partner with a
semi-autonomous bi-pedal
machine and allow it to act as
the soldier’s surrogate.'

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dat is amazing, but remember dat it will av a negative impact to the society dan the advantage of building it.