Prime Communication: The Island and Spare Parts

The Island Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtyC3jFh6eM

A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvestable being", and is being kept as a source of replacement parts, along with others, in a Utopian facility.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/

Director:

Michael Bay

Writers:

Caspian Tredwell-Owen (screenplay), Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), and 2 more credits »

Stars:

Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor and Djimon Hounsou

 

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VIDEO: Artificial Organ Regrowth - Science...the way forward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tehPxCuQFsw

 

 

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REPORT AIR DATE: April 20, 2012

Tech's Next Feats? Maybe On-Demand Kidneys, Robot Sex, Cheap Solar, Lab Meat

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/makingsense_04-20.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=pbs

 

SUMMARY

Optimists at Silicon Valley think tank Singularity University are pushing the frontiers of human progress through innovation and emerging technologies, looking to greater longevity and better health. As part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, correspondent Paul Solman explores a future of "exponential growth."