I haven't seen anyone discuss this yet...
www.ecofriendlymag.com/sustainable-transporation-and-alternative-fuel/x-...
...but the X-Prize Foundation intends to launch US $100 million in X-Prizes over the next decade, targeting 4 key areas. Of those four, their life-science priorities include:
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* [b]Neurobiology[/b]: brain-computer interface, imaging, learning, memory, consciousness, decision making.
* [b]Human 2.0 Devices[/b]: bionics (assistive and additive), artificial skin/limb/joints/sensory substitutes (e.g. prosthetic eye, haptics).
* [b]Personalized Medicine[/b]: risk assessment, disease prevention, early detection, therapy, response monitoring, Tx/Rx development.
* [b]Healthcare Advancement[/b]: cost of care/reimbursement, quality of care, compliance, disease surveillance, electronic medical records.
* [b]Physician Augmentation/Telemedicine[/b]: artificial intelligence physician, disease prevention, patient diagnosis, acute care management, disease management.
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So, gear up, would be Transhumans and other radical-augmentation/AI/consciousness-uploading researchers. There's a grant/X-Prize to be won!
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