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Tricorder X Prize update: Videos of the 30 team leaders

It’s been six months since the final 34 teams for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize were announced.

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Iagnosis raises $2.8M for consumer-facing dermatologist service

Iagnosis, parent company of virtual visit skin care company DermatologistOnCall, raised $2.8 million from undisclosed angel investors. This brings Iagnosis’ total funding to date to $8.8 million.

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Oculus suggests a massively multiplayer online experience (MMO) for one billion simultaneous users in VR

Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe suggested at the Techcrunch Disrupt event Monday May 5 that Oculus and Facebook could in the future build a massively multiplayer online experience (MMO) for one billion simultaneous users in VR, according to The Verge.

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The End of Food

In December of 2012, three young men were living in a claustrophobic apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, working on a technology startup.

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The Head Of Google X Reveals Its Anti-Technology Mission Statement

Astro Teller gave a keynote at Disrupt NY to talk about what he’s doing. He is the head of Google’s forward-looking innovation lab, Google X. The team is responsible for the self-driving cars, Project Loon, Google Glass and more. And his message was very different from what you would expect.

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A Roadmap to Immortality

Maria Konovalenko at the Science For Life Extension Foundation has recently posted images from the Foundaion’s Roadmap to Immortality. The roadmap, available in full in Russian is in seven parts:

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Weight Watchers confirms Wello acquisition, plans API-enabled fitness platform

During its quarterly conference call with analysts last week, Weight Watchers confirmed that it had acquired Silicon Valley-based weight loss startup Wello for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition had been rumored for about a week leading up to the conference call.

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Our health is in our hands

This article was taken from the May 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.

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SwipeSense raises $1.7M for connected hand hygiene dispensers in hospitals

Evanston, Illinois-based SwipeSense, which is developing a smart hand hygiene sensor, raised $1.7 million, according to an SEC filing. This brings the company’s total funding to at least $2.5 million to date.