*Trendklab would appear to be a with-it online hangout for Russian gadget-freaks.
http://trendclub.ru/blogs/chat/6335
50-е юбилейное заседание Семинара по трансгуманизму!
(((Have at it, Google Translator:)))
Fiftieth (Jubilee) meeting of the Seminar on Transhumanism and Scientific Immortalism, when the Russian Philosophical Society of Sciences in Moscow, took place on April 30, 2010, Friday, from 18 to 22 hours, in the auditorium of the Institute of African Studies (Moscow). (...)
YI Korchmaryuk (Volgograd), made a plenary presentation to the presentation of the world's scientific results in the creation of so-called "Neurointerface between brain and computer" (close to that of a new interdisciplinary science, which he created developed since 1996 - "settleretike"). Topic, and the possible social consequences of such neuroupravleniya, generated much interest, questions to the speaker, and the subsequent intense discussion among the participants.
After this was made a break for a holiday buffet. (((Good thing they're still eating, and haven't been uploaded yet.)))
After the break, held on the scheduled performances: - BYKOVA (on "NBIC-technological convergence as an urgent call integral philosophical systems") - A. Turchin (presentation of "Primer Futures") - S. Kamenev (on "Cloning of human and animal"), - Dmitry Medvedev (story "On the scheme of aging" and a message 4 th working session RTD).
Presentations also attracted interest and friendly discussion among the participants. In general, the organizers of the seminar was rated highly and positively, the workshop participants expressed the wish to organizers - to continue its work and further, in the same format.
http://video.yandex.ru/users/strwrk/view/1174/
