#synthetic humans

[mckitterick]

Scientists create synthetic human embryos

from the exclusive Guardian story:

Using stem cells, scientists have created synthetic human embryos in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm.

Scientists say these model embryos, which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development, could provide a crucial window on the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent miscarriage.

The work also raises serious ethical and legal issues, as the lab-grown entities fall outside current legislation in most countries.

Prof Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, of the U of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology, described the work in a plenary address at the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s annual meeting in Boston.

“We can create human embryo-like models by the reprogramming of embryonic stem cells,” she told the meeting.

There is no near-term prospect of the synthetic embryos being used clinically. It would be illegal to implant them into a patient’s womb, and it is not yet clear whether these structures have the potential to continue maturing beyond the earliest stages of development.

Previously, Żernicka-Goetz’s team and a rival group at the Weizmann Institute in Israel showed that stem cells from mice could be encouraged to self-assemble into early embryonic structures with an intestinal tract, the beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart. Since then, a race has been under way to translate this work into human models, and several teams have been able to replicate the very earliest stages of development.

In April, researchers in China created synthetic embryos from monkey cells and implanted them into the wombs of adult monkeys, a few of which showed initial signs of pregnancy but none of which developed beyond a few days. Scientists say it is not clear whether the barrier to more advanced development is merely technical or has a more fundamental biological cause.

“It’s going to be hard to tell whether there’s an intrinsic problem with them or whether it’s just technical,” said Robin Lovell-Badge, the head of stem cell biology and developmental genetics at the Francis Crick Institute. This unknown potential made the need for stronger legislation pressing, he said.

“Our human model is the first three-lineage human embryo model that specifies amnion and germ cells, precursor cells of egg and sperm,” Żernicka-Goetz told the Guardian before the talk. “It’s beautiful and created entirely from embryonic stem cells.”

so we're about to completely leap over the first steps of making test-tube babies - gathering eggs and sperm and having them get things rolling - and going straight to manufacturing embryos, huh

#stem cells #biotech #synthetic humans #gattaca #ideas #wow #my screencaps

[bewaretheidiotsofmarch]

[EXPRESSION REQUESTS]

Top left: CIF E1 Top right: Titinius E3

Bottom left: Casca A6 (right: eye variant)

◇The sheet for anyone who wants to use it◇

#republic comic #vaehl #titinius #casca #publius servilius casca longus #julius caesar #beware the ides of march #ides of march #expression meme #sci fan fam #CIF #synthetic humans

[katsotherworld]

I finished reading the novelization of Alien Covenant just to turn around and see M3gan and the AI/synthetic comparison going on in my head and the plots are amazing. And the ever present thoughts on Detroit Become Human and IRobot and the various other examples of AI gone wrong or human is amazing.

Also that mortifying remake of Child's Play that shouldn't have used that title and made it its own killer AI robot instead of the bullshit it was, like M3gan did, it is its own thing without stealing the title and look off of another IP that was on going and made by the same people who started it all.

#kats thinking things #horror movie #synthetic humans #robots #m3gan movie #alien covenant #detroit become human #irobot #ai gone wrong #cybernetic horror #cyberpunk horror

[dreamsofthejackal]

Synthetic Human Research

I had a nightmarish dream where I was driving home and it was a nice sunny evening but when I got to a roundabout someone had left their medium sized waste skip in the road, making the dangerous junction more so. So I got out my car and in full view of everyone wheeled it to the other side of the roundabout and pushed it into a ditch.

Once getting home I started feeling worried that the police would show up for vandalism, I had heard people talking and the bin belonged to a weird private hospital.

On TV that night there was a news segment interviewing the owner of the hospital. He was a small, badly deformed human with a big chest, tiny head, short stubby fingers, thin, curved upper arms and normal forearms. The report was talking about how he was a synthetic human, lab grown and he was saying how they were still people. But it felt wrong to look at him and unnatural. I didn’t like him or his hospital, I knew they owned a large number of local businesses and I feared for my safety.

#dream journal #synthetic humans

[lunaefall]

Smirk smirk

#genshin impact #genshin impact spoilers #Genshin spoilers #spoilers #albedo #albedo kreideprinz #Scaramouche #wanderer #kunikuzushi #balladeer #scarabedo #dani.txt #the synthetic humans smirk

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

I'm a bit mad that there's not much discussion about the idea of artificially/synthetic-made Cybertronians by humans or any alien species outside Cybertron or the Primes or the AllSpark...

I think that is more interesting that Humans turn Cybertronians or Cybertronians becoming humans.

Just imagine, a bot that was not born with a ¨real¨ spark meets a Bot or Con. How would Optimus and Megatron feel realizing that others like them exist but there not LIKE them?

They are not Decepticons, Autobots, Predacons, Constructicons, Seekers, or City Speakers... they're just not like them.

They can transform and do all the things that a Cybertronian can do, they can look like them, and depending on how the concept is handled they can feel like anyone else. But would that make them Cybertronians? Just like in the species they are based on?

Maybe Optimus could offer the hand-made Bots a spark with the Matrix and that could fix everything, but what if they decline the offer? Is a choice, right? To prefer to be what you are even if it means that they do not see you as real...

This could be darker if we remember that Cybertron is kind of racist towards organics...

Technically they could like the Terrans, but no. Though Mo and Robbie helped to make the Terrans, they're still Cybertronian-like made.

Or I don't know, what do you guys think? Or maybe you @agentsquirrelsgotrobots will understand me.

#post #idea #stupid thoughts #maccadam #transformers #any continuity #my stuff #humans turn cybertronians #cybertronians turn human #human made cybertronians #? #synthetic cybertronians #?? #artificial cybertronians #??? #autobot #decepticon #transformers earthspark #transformers animated #transformers prime #transformers rescue bots

[cptjh-arts]

Synthetic Touch - DBH Fanzine

My artwork for the ReverseG9 Fanzine! Please check out all the other amazing contributers!

This is for the Fanfiction from @katlakitty

How much Coffee would kill a human? GV is researching.

Here is the link to the complete zine: Googledrive

#detroit become human #dbh #artists on tumblr #digital art #dbh nines #dbh gavin #dbh fanart #dbh synthetic touch fanzine #dbh fanzine #dbh reverse g9

[esapincheprincesa]

Instagram: @esapincheprincesa 💜

#rockabilly #psychobilly #tattoos #makeup #punk #kawaii #vintage #alternative #girls with tattoos #pinup #disney tattoos #tattooed girls #tattooed #ink #girls with ink #inked girls #wigslayer #human hair wigs #synthetic wigs #wigs

[momentary-moss]

Human Particle

#phos hnk #phosphophyllite #moon phos #human particle #houseki no kuni #land of the lustrous #synthetic pearl #i love the weird feelings around just finding out about all the moon stuff #it has that beautiful weirdness to it that ichikawa just perfects; disecting the human experience down to its very core #and asking do you really need to be human to be human? #and how would you feel if you saw a particle of what you were becoming? #the link is to a song about being human but not quite and it inspired me to draw phos tonight :> enjoy

[ghostowlattic]

parenthood 

#babysitter #dreams #futuristic #synthetic #synthography #synthetic life #post organic #post human #aesthetic #being #child care

[aeide-thea]

06-07-23 Why Patagonia helped Samsung redesign the washing machine

Samsung is releasing a wash cycle and a new filter, which will dramatically shrink microfiber pollution.

Eight years ago, Patagonia started to study a little-known environmental problem: With every load of laundry, thousands (even millions) of microfibers, each less than 5 millimeters long, wash down the drain. Some are filtered out at water treatment plants, but others end up in the ocean, where fibers from synthetic fabric make up a surprisingly large amount of plastic pollution—35%, by one estimate. Fragments of your favorite sweatshirt might now be floating in the Arctic Ocean. In a collaboration that began two years ago, the company helped inspire Samsung to tackle the problem by rethinking its washing machines. Today, Samsung unveiled its solution: A new filter that can be added to existing washers and used along with a “Less Microfiber” cycle that Samsung also designed. The combination makes it possible to shrink microfiber pollution by as much as 98%.

[…] Patagonia’s team connected Samsung with Ocean Wise, a nonprofit that tests fiber shedding among its mission to protect and restore our oceans. Samsung shipped some of its machines to Ocean Wise’s lab in Vancouver, where researchers started to study how various parameters change the results. Cold water and less agitation helped—but both of those things can also make it harder to get clothing clean. “There are maybe two ways of increasing the performance of your washing machine,” says Moohyung Lee, executive vice president and head of R&D at Samsung, through an interpreter. “Number one is to use heated water. That will obviously increase your energy consumption, which is a problem. The second way to increase the performance of your washing machine is to basically create stronger friction between your clothes . . . and this friction and abrasion of the fibers is what results in the output of microplastics.” Samsung had already developed a technology called “EcoBubble” to improve the performance of cold-water cycles to help save energy, and it tweaked the technology to specifically tackle microfiber pollution. “It helps the detergent dissolve more easily in water so that it foams better, which means that you don’t need to heat up your water as much, and you don’t need as much mechanical friction, but you still have a high level of performance,” Lee says. The new “Less Microfiber” cycle, which anyone with a Samsung washer can download as an update for their machine, can reduce microfiber pollution by as much as 54%. To tackle the remainder, the company designed a filter that can be added to existing washers at the drain pipe, with pores tiny enough to capture fibers. They had to balance two conflicting needs: They wanted to make it as simple as possible to use, so consumers didn’t have to continually empty the filter, but it was also critical that the filter wouldn’t get clogged, potentially making water back up and the machine stop working. The final design compresses the microfibers, so it only has to be emptied once a month, and sends an alert via an app when it needs to be changed. Eventually, in theory, the fibers that are collected could potentially be recycled into new material rather than put in the trash. (Fittingly, the filter itself is also made from recycled plastic.) When OceanWise tested the cycle and filter together, they confirmed that it nearly eliminated microfiber pollution. Now, Samsung’s challenge is to get consumers to use it. The filter, which is designed to be easily installed on existing machines, is launching now in Korea and will launch in the U.S. and Europe later this year. The cost will vary by market, but will be around $150 in the U.S. The cycle, which began to roll out last year, can be automatically installed on WiFi-connected machines.

#microplastics #textiles #laundry #environmental #science #patagonia #samsung #i'm. so excited. #also i HAD been silently judging patagonia a little for their heavy use of synthetics but. they ARE walking the walk actually. #(will say that ime the feel of natural fibers is just. better.) #(like. wool has an astonishing ability to keep you warm-but-not-sweaty at a bizarrely wide range of temps) #(whereas like. the synthetic fleece tops i still have are like. immediately cozy‚ sure‚ but you WILL get sweaty if you get warm) #(like being in‚ you know‚ a plastic bag!) #(so like. even if they Fix the Microplastics Problem i have no regrets abt switching my allegiance to woolens) #(but. still fucking THRILLED they might fix the microplastics problem.) #does make you feel like. i'm unavoidably a humanities person but. what are humanities ppl doing that matters this much. #like fundamentally if you really want to do good in the world you probably SHOULD become a scientist of some kind. #that said‚ science would almost certainly not be improved by my participating in it‚ so like. what can you do. #really hugely awed by & appreciative of scientists tho. #anyway. obvs this is really just a press release and we gotta see how this plays out but. #!

[chiptune-maestro]

Dell had been nearby, tinkering away on his own project when he jolted at Sylvester yelling.

“Kid?! What’re you-?!” Dell spins around, panic flaring as he faced the robot-turned-boy Sylvester. He immediately went still stunned to silence as his eyes went wide, jaw dropping slightly.

“What in tarnation?…” The man quietly asked as he stood, walking over to the human Sylvester cautiously. “S…Sylvester? ‘S that you, kiddo?…”

@emotionally-enervated-conagher

Their voice is meek. Miraculously, they're wearing appropriately sized clothes and boots.

They're trembling. They look like they could cry any minute now.

1/10

#physically synthetic engibot #physically xyz mercs #tf2 mvm #tf2 #tf2 engineer #❔ directive: answer #human!sylvester #FACE REVEAL

[seratlantisite]

mass effect 3 is fantastic specifically because every plot point in it is a thread from the first two games. they weave together in incredible, creative, hard hitting ways that leave you gutted but my god is it satisfying to see everything pay off

which is why the starchild thing is so bad

who the fuck is this kid get him out of here

#to every writer who has ever thought they need to pull out something totally brand new in the final act of their story: dont #its only good if it changes our PERSPECTIVE on existing info #if its literally brand new could never see it coming. at the very very end?? its bad #which is also why i like this version of the story where its about cycles of organic vs synthetic bc that keeps happening #rather than their first idea they scrapped of like?? reapers were trying to stop us from using eezo cos it was destroying reality?? #THEN WHY WOULD YOU TRICK EVERYONE IN TO USING EEZO REAPERS #HUMANS WERENT DOING THAT TILL THEY FOUND PROTHEAN RUINS #mass effect #says ser

[glxyqst]

Connor on the streets, artsy in the sheets

RK1K Prompt Week, Epilogue

Note: there is now a second ending. After 'you were amazing, Markus', when you see **************** you can jump to the first (original ending) or the second (fluffier ending).

The sound of springs squeaking permeated the sunny afternoon, a light breeze wafting through the open window and bringing the scent of cherry blossoms. “Oh, Markus! Yes! Fuck, yes!!!”

Connor’s mouth was open, eyes blissfully shut as Markus pistoned into him from behind, his synthetic saliva-slicked cock squelching in and out of Connor’s ass and against his prostate with such speed and precision that Connor thought he might cum untouched.

With a wanton moan, Connor clenched around Markus’s thick shaft, the android leader’s balls slapping against his backside.

“Uhhhhn—Connor!!” Markus jerked his hips once, twice, pumping blue-tinged cum into his love. Connor grunted, and came soon after, painting the sheets with ropes of creamy blue. They remained there, panting in an effort to ventilate their processors overclocked with data streams of ecstasy—Connor on all fours on the bed, Markus warm inside him.

“That was… that was amazing, Connor.”

Cum slowly spilled out of Connor’s hole, flowing around Markus’ cock still buried deep in the other android. “You were amazing, Markus.”

As the two collapsed in the paint-splattered sheets whispering sweet nothings to one another as Markus kissed Connor’s hair, each brushstroke a grasping hand or a kicked leg or thrusting hips, Connor smiled. The deviants may have won the battle, but Cyberlife would win the war. No recursive algorithm, no emotion, would tear him away from his mission—inviolate, sacrosanct. And he always accomplished his mission.

****************original ending As the two collapsed in the paint-splattered sheets whispering sweet nothings to one another as Markus kissed Connor’s hair, each brushstroke a grasping hand or a kicked leg or thrusting hips, Connor smiled.

The deviants may have won the battle, but Cyberlife would win the war. No recursive algorithm, no emotion, would tear him away from his mission—inviolate, sacrosanct. And he always accomplished his mission.

****************second, fluffier ending

As the two collapsed in the paint-splattered sheets whispering sweet nothings to one another as Markus kissed Connor’s hair, each brushstroke a grasping hand or a kicked leg or thrusting hips, Connor smiled.

It was a long, hard road out of hell, and though Connor would always carry the scars—mental, emotional, physical—the wounds were healing. Though the work was his own, his burden was eased by Markus’ love and affection. His thirium pump thrummed with the realization that he—the Deviant Hunter, the emotionless machine from Cyberlife—was… happy.

/fine

@rk1k-prompt-week

For @leelany-world <3

#dbh #detroit become human #dbh connor #dbh fanfic #detroit:become human #dbh fic #dbh markus #rk800 #rk200 #rk1k #rk1kpromptweek #ra9 means 'recursive algorithm' nine. Cherpov is amazing. <3 #'synthetic saliva-slicked cock squelching' - say that five times fast XD #plot twist

[notnights]

YOUR 🫵 ACETATE RIBBUN 💐 FIC ✍️ IS SUPER 👅🤟 FIRE 🔥 BUT TO ME 👆 THE ONLY CANON 📖 RIBBUN 🐰🎭IS DISCUSSIONS 🗣️ ABOUT COMPOST ♻️

Bro you don’t know what you’ve done for me by sending this ask:

I can finally mention that “acetate” is a compound used to make textiles but is an alternative to fully synthetic-made textiles as it is a mix of natural and synthetic materials.

So acetate fabric is a bit more biodegradable than other synthetic textiles MEANING ITS COMPOSTABLE!!!

AND THATS WHY I MADE IT THE TITLE!!!!

PERHAPS IT IS A LITTLE ABOUT COMPOST AFTER ALL.

#acetate ribbon #I had debated on calling it silk ribbon but I think the idea of Gangle being partly synthetic material #speaks more about the digital circus being fake etc but also still having natural materials in her ribbons #cause she is after all still a complex human #and I’m a sucker for compostable material and as you can see… #it doesn’t degrade as quick as natural materials but it’s seen as better than plastic sitting in the soil for hundreds of years #and so uhh yeah my joke is that as well that as a possible farm boy his preferred ribbon is a little compostable

[cptjh-arts]

Synthetic Touch - DBH Fanzine

✨The project is completed!!✨

After so many months, the Reverse #900Gavin Zine is finished!

Everyone did a great job, don't forget to check their accounts

Thanks for the support to this project❤!

Googledrive

#detroit become human #dbh #artists on tumblr #digital art #dbh nines #dbh gavin #dbh fanart #dbh synthetic touch fanzine #dbh fanzine #dbh reverse G9 #dbh Reverse GavinNines