Hopeful future

Hopefully activity to keep an eye on.

Purpose

This page collects a list of links to ideas I keep an eye on, that can give us hope that humanity is advancing. Basically random interesting bookmarks.

Prerequisites

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General Information

Health

Idea Summary Primary source
Universal Cancer treatments "…researchers have now discovered T-cells equipped with a new type of T-cell receptor (TCR) which recognises and kills most human cancer types, while ignoring healthy cells. “
Killing senescent cells ”…We can expect that (the vaccine) will be applied to the treatment of arterial stiffening, diabetes and other aging-related diseases." Dec 2021 Nature Aging
Breakthrough therapies US approved breakthrough therapies FDA background information

Technology

Idea Summary Primary source
VW BiDirectional EV Charging "…2022 onwards, every EV from the Volkswagen Group based on the MEB platform will be capable of returning electricity to grid" VW News blog
Unikernel The big idea around unikernels Enhancing Cloud Security and Privacy: The Unikernel Solution