Stav Dimitropoulos

Replace Your Used Body Parts With a Bionic Upgrade

A soft robotics researcher says bionic limbs that imitate living tissues could be viable within a decade.

By Stav Dimitropoulos

Electrical Muscle Stimulation Takes the Work Out of Your Workouts

So why is the FDA concerned?

By Stav Dimitropoulos

Assisted Suicide, on Demand

With Exit International’s new Sarco suicide pod and experimental AI, the future of assisted suicide is ripe for disruption.

By Stav Dimitropoulos

Building From the Root

Elephant skin walls, robotic flower houses, “Baubotanik” buildings, a treehouse on Mars, and the Mother Nature future of urban design.

By Stav Dimitropoulos

The Road to Pleasure is Paved with Precision Medicine

An experimental drug that addresses anhedonia could increase the brain’s capacity to experience pleasure and herald a new era of precision medicine in psychiatry.

By Stav Dimitropoulos

Ikaria—The Island of Mysterious Longevity

Why do the inhabitants of this tiny Greek island live so long? It may be something in the rocks.

By Stav Dimitropoulos

5 Ways to Save Humanity from a Malicious AI

Russian transhumanist Alexey Turchin plans to outsmart a future artificial intelligence and save humanity.

By Stav Dimitropoulos