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4) In 2015 revolutionary gene-editing technology cured 10-month old baby Layla Richards of Leukaemia in world’s first use of technology: Daily Mail article, “Our little miracle! Baby girl battling leukaemia saved by ‘revolutionary’ cell treatment “ accessed on 10th October 2016
5) China creates 55 billion tons of artificial rain a year: Quartz article produced on 22nd October 2013, accessed on 10thOctober 2016
6) Dennis Sorenson became the first amputee to be fitted with a bionic hand that could actually feel: Daily Mail online article” Bionic FINGERTIP helps amputee sense touch and textures: Man who lost left hand is able to feel surfaces with prosthetic digit”, produced on 8th March 2016, accessed on 10th octover 2016
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11) “The era of Homo sapiens is coming to a close. We have massively accelerated evolution.” From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
12) “It used to be a religious miracle, but now it’s a scientific miracle.” From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
13) YouGov pole in 2015 showed that 71% of people here in the UK think the world as a whole is ‘becoming a worse place: Norberg, Johan, Progress, London: Oneworld Publications, 2016, book
14) Poverty, malnutrition; life expectancy; exposure to war; likelihood of child reaching retirement statistics: Norberg, Johan, Progress, London: Oneworld Publications, 2016, book
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17) “Technology is actually another form of Life”: From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
18) Steven Koetler says “researchers are now storming heaven from every direction.”: From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
19) Kris Boesen’s rebuilding body story: USC News article “Experimental stem cell therapy helps paralyzed man regain use of his arms”, produced on 8 th September 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
20) The Ott Laboratory for Organ Engineering has used stem cells to grow organs: New Scientist website article, “ World’s first biolimb: rat forelimb grown in the lab”, produced on 3rd June 2015, accessed on 11th October 2016
21) “rewinding heart attacks”: “is a feat which doctors believed impossible”, reported in The Telegraph, website article “Major breakthrough against heart failure after scientists use stem cells in “astonishing” trial which could help millions, produced on 24th July 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
22) Two year old girl received new 3D kidney which was successful:”World first 3D printing used in life changing kidney transplant”, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS website, produced on 25th January 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
23) MS “to show complete long-term remission”, 70% of pastients saw a complete stop in the progression of the disease, 40% saw a reversal in symptoms: “Hope for multiple sclerosis cure as 23 seriously ill patients recover after ‘breakthrough’ stem cell treatment”, article from The Telegraph, produced on 10th June 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
24) 46 million live with dementia worldwide: Wolrd Alzhimer Report 2015, “The Global Impact of Dementia, An Analysis of Prevalence, Incidence, Cost and Trends”, accessed on 11th October 2016
25) There’s been no new drugs for alzeimers since 2002: “The lastest progress towards dementia treatments, Alzheimer’s Research Blog website, produced on 9 th March 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
26) Miller School of Medicine is the first in the US to use mesenchymal stem cells to treat Alzheimer’s: “U Health Launches Clinical Trial to Treat Alzeihmer’s, University of Miami website, accessed on 11th October 2016
27) In 2011 the biomedical market was worth $216bn. By next year it is expected to reach $414bn: article from “Transparency Market Research wesbite, “Global Biotechnology Market to Value USD 414.5 Billion 2017”, produced on 24th September 2016, accessed on 11th october 2016
28) St Mark’s Gospel 8:25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly”.
29) “Cornea cells ‘successfully’ grown and implanted to cure blindness. ABC News article, produced on 15th August 2016, accessed on 11 th October 2016
30) Venetoclax showed 80 percent positive result in clinical trials: Revoluntionary drug ‘melts away cancer’, produced on 7thSeptember 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
31) Venetoclax “truly does lead to the disease melting away in 20 per cent of people”, said Professor Anthon, produced on 7th September 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
32) Robotics have been growing at a rate of 17% per year:OFR International Federation of Robotics website, produced in 2014, accessed on 11th October 2016
33) The FT says the robotics market will be worth 135bn by 2019: FT article” Rise of the robots is sparking an investment boom”, produced on 3rd May 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
34) Google and Johnson and Johnson make AI surgical robots: article from The Guardian, “Google teams up with health firm to develop AI surgical robots”, produced on 27th March 2015, accessed on 11th October 2016
35) Medical Robots Market worth 11.4 Billion USD by 2020: Markets and Markets press release on website, accessed on 11th October 2016
36) Robotic surgery is cutting the risks associated with surgery, and this company is using “Robo-Docs”: The New Medical Frontier, by Frontier Tech Investor, accessed on 10th October 2016
37) Company will be working with Chinese company on lung cancer: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry website, “Intuitive Surgical Teams with Chinese Company on Lung Cancer”, produced on 3rd October 2016, accessed on 11thOctober 2016
38) The market monopoly of the product: Intuitive Surgical only has one ‘such player’, Will Intuitive Surgical’s Monopoly ever be broken?, DRG website, produced 4th April 2016, accessed on 12th October
39) “Robots grab chunk of surgery quiz”: Intuitive Surgical is ramping up sales of robotic surgical arms, produced on 23rdMarch 2007, accessed on 12th October 2016
40) Company is the ‘sole participant’ of its kind in the market: Medgadget website, Global Abdominal Surgical Robots Market a $2.2 billion in 2016 are anticipated to reach $10.5 billion by 2021, produced on 20th September 2016, accessed on 12thOctober 2016
41)CB Insights chart from this website: https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/robotics-startups-funding/
42) Company’s growth is 12% year on year, Market Realist website, Your Guide to Intuitive Surgical, accessed on 12thOctober 2016
43) The company is investing in quantum: Dr Matai article on Linked in, pulse, “ Why’s IBM Investing $3 Billiom in quantum computing..”, by DK Matai, produced on 3rd October 2016, acessed on 12th October 2016
44) Quantum computing is set for an investment boom: article from TheNextPlatform, produced on 3rd September 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
45) Nine Ways Quantum Computing will change everything: article from TIME website, produced on 6th February 2014, accessed on 12th october 2016
46) Trail blazer D-Wave created a computer 100 million times faster than laptop:Is D-Wave’s quantum processor really 100 million ties faster than a normal computer?”, produced on 20TH February 2016, accessed on 12 th October 2016
47) Artificial Intelligence positioned to be a game-changer: article from CBS News website, produced on 9th October 2016, accessed on 12 th October 2016
48) 2014 AI market was worth $419 million, by 2020 it is estimated to be more than $5 billion: press release from Artificial Intelligence Market by Technology, accessed on 12th October
49) Geo-engineering is the large scale intervention in the Earth’s natural systems: Oxford Geoengineering website, “What is Geo-engineering?”, accessed on 12th October 2016
50) A Dam at Gibraltar to Control the level of the Sea: article from EPFL website, accessed on 12th October 2016
51) Bill Gates and NASA endorse gigantic spraying machine, that creates clouds to deflect sun form the earth: Inhabitat website, accessed on 12th October 2016
52) Breeding creatures that eat smog: Acolyte of the Anthropocene; Terraforming Earth with Synthetic Biology, article, accessed on 12th October 2016
53) Juerg Matter quote: Volcanic rocks help turn carbon emissions to stone – and fast; New Inventions website, accessed on 12th October 2016
54) The United Arab Emirates Needs More Rain, So it’s Building a Mountain: article from The Atlantic CityLab, produced on 5thMay 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
55) The Frontier Tech Investor’s Tesla and Saudi promo for statistics on sun and solar
56) The Froniter Tech Investor’s “Coming of the Solar Boom” report for statistics on lithium
57) Ray Kurzeil’s quote: “We are going to become more God-like”, Daily Mail article, “Dawn of Human 2.0? Nanobot implants could soon connect our brains to the internet and give us “God-like” super-intelligence, produced on 2nd October 2015, accessed on 12th October 2016
58) John Hopkins develops mind-conrolled prosthetic hand: “Mind-controlled Prosthetic Hand Moves Individual Fingers” article from Hopkins Medicine website, produced in February 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
59) National Institute on Aging quote: from Global Health and Aging website, National Institute on Aging website, accessed on 12th October 2016
60) Japanese researchers have found “fountain of youth”gene, Science Daily website, produced on 17th May 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
61) Ira Pastor, the CEO of Bioquark Inc, quote from article from The Telegraph, “Dead could be brought “back to life” in groundbreaking project, article from 3rd May 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016.
2) Prometheus and Zeus story, “How Prometheus Gave Fire to Men”. Dltk kids website, accessed on 10th October 2016
3) Sir Isaac Newton’s quote: “Footprints of the Lion website, Isaac Newton at work”, site accessed on 10th October 2016
4) In 2015 revolutionary gene-editing technology cured 10-month old baby Layla Richards of Leukaemia in world’s first use of technology: Daily Mail article, “Our little miracle! Baby girl battling leukaemia saved by ‘revolutionary’ cell treatment “ accessed on 10th October 2016
5) China creates 55 billion tons of artificial rain a year: Quartz article produced on 22nd October 2013, accessed on 10thOctober 2016
6) Dennis Sorenson became the first amputee to be fitted with a bionic hand that could actually feel: Daily Mail online article” Bionic FINGERTIP helps amputee sense touch and textures: Man who lost left hand is able to feel surfaces with prosthetic digit”, produced on 8th March 2016, accessed on 10th octover 2016
7) For the first time ever, a woman has had a baby using the same womb she herself was born in: ABC News website, produced on 7th October 2016, accessed on 10th October 2016
8) Scientists have created a black hole in a laboratory in Canada:Daily News article: Black hole made in the lab shows signs of quantum entanglement, produced on 15th August 2016, acessed on 10th October 2016
9) Black holes mean you can time travel through space into the future: atronomy café website, article called “How can you use black holes for time travel?”, accessed on 10th October 2016
10) “What we can say for sure is that the future that’s coming is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. We are actually stealing fire from the Gods.” From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
11) “The era of Homo sapiens is coming to a close. We have massively accelerated evolution.” From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
12) “It used to be a religious miracle, but now it’s a scientific miracle.” From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
13) YouGov pole in 2015 showed that 71% of people here in the UK think the world as a whole is ‘becoming a worse place: Norberg, Johan, Progress, London: Oneworld Publications, 2016, book
14) Poverty, malnutrition; life expectancy; exposure to war; likelihood of child reaching retirement statistics: Norberg, Johan, Progress, London: Oneworld Publications, 2016, book
15) “Technology is humanity’s accelerant”, quote by Kevin Kelly, author of What Technology Wants, accessed on 11 thOctober 2016
16) “Humanity is now entering a period of radical transformation…” Peter H Diamandis, Teven Kotler, Abundance, New York: Free Press, 2012, book
17) “Technology is actually another form of Life”: From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
18) Steven Koetler says “researchers are now storming heaven from every direction.”: From Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, By Steven Kotler
19) Kris Boesen’s rebuilding body story: USC News article “Experimental stem cell therapy helps paralyzed man regain use of his arms”, produced on 8 th September 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
20) The Ott Laboratory for Organ Engineering has used stem cells to grow organs: New Scientist website article, “ World’s first biolimb: rat forelimb grown in the lab”, produced on 3rd June 2015, accessed on 11th October 2016
21) “rewinding heart attacks”: “is a feat which doctors believed impossible”, reported in The Telegraph, website article “Major breakthrough against heart failure after scientists use stem cells in “astonishing” trial which could help millions, produced on 24th July 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
22) Two year old girl received new 3D kidney which was successful:”World first 3D printing used in life changing kidney transplant”, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS website, produced on 25th January 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
23) MS “to show complete long-term remission”, 70% of pastients saw a complete stop in the progression of the disease, 40% saw a reversal in symptoms: “Hope for multiple sclerosis cure as 23 seriously ill patients recover after ‘breakthrough’ stem cell treatment”, article from The Telegraph, produced on 10th June 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
24) 46 million live with dementia worldwide: Wolrd Alzhimer Report 2015, “The Global Impact of Dementia, An Analysis of Prevalence, Incidence, Cost and Trends”, accessed on 11th October 2016
25) There’s been no new drugs for alzeimers since 2002: “The lastest progress towards dementia treatments, Alzheimer’s Research Blog website, produced on 9 th March 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
26) Miller School of Medicine is the first in the US to use mesenchymal stem cells to treat Alzheimer’s: “U Health Launches Clinical Trial to Treat Alzeihmer’s, University of Miami website, accessed on 11th October 2016
27) In 2011 the biomedical market was worth $216bn. By next year it is expected to reach $414bn: article from “Transparency Market Research wesbite, “Global Biotechnology Market to Value USD 414.5 Billion 2017”, produced on 24th September 2016, accessed on 11th october 2016
28) St Mark’s Gospel 8:25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly”.
29) “Cornea cells ‘successfully’ grown and implanted to cure blindness. ABC News article, produced on 15th August 2016, accessed on 11 th October 2016
30) Venetoclax showed 80 percent positive result in clinical trials: Revoluntionary drug ‘melts away cancer’, produced on 7thSeptember 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
31) Venetoclax “truly does lead to the disease melting away in 20 per cent of people”, said Professor Anthon, produced on 7th September 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
32) Robotics have been growing at a rate of 17% per year:OFR International Federation of Robotics website, produced in 2014, accessed on 11th October 2016
33) The FT says the robotics market will be worth 135bn by 2019: FT article” Rise of the robots is sparking an investment boom”, produced on 3rd May 2016, accessed on 11th October 2016
34) Google and Johnson and Johnson make AI surgical robots: article from The Guardian, “Google teams up with health firm to develop AI surgical robots”, produced on 27th March 2015, accessed on 11th October 2016
35) Medical Robots Market worth 11.4 Billion USD by 2020: Markets and Markets press release on website, accessed on 11th October 2016
36) Robotic surgery is cutting the risks associated with surgery, and this company is using “Robo-Docs”: The New Medical Frontier, by Frontier Tech Investor, accessed on 10th October 2016
37) Company will be working with Chinese company on lung cancer: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry website, “Intuitive Surgical Teams with Chinese Company on Lung Cancer”, produced on 3rd October 2016, accessed on 11thOctober 2016
38) The market monopoly of the product: Intuitive Surgical only has one ‘such player’, Will Intuitive Surgical’s Monopoly ever be broken?, DRG website, produced 4th April 2016, accessed on 12th October
39) “Robots grab chunk of surgery quiz”: Intuitive Surgical is ramping up sales of robotic surgical arms, produced on 23rdMarch 2007, accessed on 12th October 2016
40) Company is the ‘sole participant’ of its kind in the market: Medgadget website, Global Abdominal Surgical Robots Market a $2.2 billion in 2016 are anticipated to reach $10.5 billion by 2021, produced on 20th September 2016, accessed on 12thOctober 2016
41)CB Insights chart from this website: https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/robotics-startups-funding/
42) Company’s growth is 12% year on year, Market Realist website, Your Guide to Intuitive Surgical, accessed on 12thOctober 2016
43) The company is investing in quantum: Dr Matai article on Linked in, pulse, “ Why’s IBM Investing $3 Billiom in quantum computing..”, by DK Matai, produced on 3rd October 2016, acessed on 12th October 2016
44) Quantum computing is set for an investment boom: article from TheNextPlatform, produced on 3rd September 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
45) Nine Ways Quantum Computing will change everything: article from TIME website, produced on 6th February 2014, accessed on 12th october 2016
46) Trail blazer D-Wave created a computer 100 million times faster than laptop:Is D-Wave’s quantum processor really 100 million ties faster than a normal computer?”, produced on 20TH February 2016, accessed on 12 th October 2016
47) Artificial Intelligence positioned to be a game-changer: article from CBS News website, produced on 9th October 2016, accessed on 12 th October 2016
48) 2014 AI market was worth $419 million, by 2020 it is estimated to be more than $5 billion: press release from Artificial Intelligence Market by Technology, accessed on 12th October
49) Geo-engineering is the large scale intervention in the Earth’s natural systems: Oxford Geoengineering website, “What is Geo-engineering?”, accessed on 12th October 2016
50) A Dam at Gibraltar to Control the level of the Sea: article from EPFL website, accessed on 12th October 2016
51) Bill Gates and NASA endorse gigantic spraying machine, that creates clouds to deflect sun form the earth: Inhabitat website, accessed on 12th October 2016
52) Breeding creatures that eat smog: Acolyte of the Anthropocene; Terraforming Earth with Synthetic Biology, article, accessed on 12th October 2016
53) Juerg Matter quote: Volcanic rocks help turn carbon emissions to stone – and fast; New Inventions website, accessed on 12th October 2016
54) The United Arab Emirates Needs More Rain, So it’s Building a Mountain: article from The Atlantic CityLab, produced on 5thMay 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
55) The Frontier Tech Investor’s Tesla and Saudi promo for statistics on sun and solar
56) The Froniter Tech Investor’s “Coming of the Solar Boom” report for statistics on lithium
57) Ray Kurzeil’s quote: “We are going to become more God-like”, Daily Mail article, “Dawn of Human 2.0? Nanobot implants could soon connect our brains to the internet and give us “God-like” super-intelligence, produced on 2nd October 2015, accessed on 12th October 2016
58) John Hopkins develops mind-conrolled prosthetic hand: “Mind-controlled Prosthetic Hand Moves Individual Fingers” article from Hopkins Medicine website, produced in February 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
59) National Institute on Aging quote: from Global Health and Aging website, National Institute on Aging website, accessed on 12th October 2016
60) Japanese researchers have found “fountain of youth”gene, Science Daily website, produced on 17th May 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016
61) Ira Pastor, the CEO of Bioquark Inc, quote from article from The Telegraph, “Dead could be brought “back to life” in groundbreaking project, article from 3rd May 2016, accessed on 12th October 2016.