Starship or Noah's Ark: Mars or Heaven

Starship is the creation of a rocket, by Elon Musk, to transport all lifeforms to Mars which sounds like the Noah's Ark story from the Bible. The Question is: "Will all life be destroyed on Earth by AI?" One could say that the story of Noah's Ark is a metaphorical prediction of the existential threat that is facing humanity in the form of climate change and artificial intelligence ("the flood"). The theologians have also theorized that the day we leave Earth we will be going to heaven or hell when Jesus comes. This is referred to as "Judgment Day". This is the unending war of ideologies between religion and science. Engineers believe that we should go to Mars and Theologians believe that we should go to Heaven.

The next major engineering feat is creating forms of life that can exist on other planets. This is called the engineering of biology. After the use of electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering to create Starship, the most important part of the Mars mission is the biological engineering of human beings. Medical Laboratories will have to become the factory for the engineering of life in order to make humans multiplanetary. Life is the most advanced form of engineering.

Laboratory Information Systems of the Future

Laboratory Information Systems will become the center of artificial intelligence in Laboratory Medicine. This ocean of patient data will transform Medical Laboratories into the most intelligent system of modern healthcare. With the rewriting of human genetics and this ocean of patient data, the programming of human biology becomes more of a science fact than fiction. Intelligent Medical Laboratory Information Systems will not only serve as a management tool for labs but a management tool for all aspects of patient care. This is where computers take over Laboratory Medicine and the Physician becomes obsolete. These information systems will become so intelligent that automatically a diagnosis will be provided with every patient data that the system analyzes. The Central Nervous System of the Medical Laboratory will be operated from a computer software whilst the musculoskeletal system will be the use of robotics as a means of mechanics for patient samples. No humans will be required in such a Medical Laboratory since the entire process will be automated with robotics and laboratory information systems.

This is one way in which artificial intelligence and robotics will change healthcare and replace jobs. Such a reality should not be viewed as dystopian or science fiction, but as an opportunity for engineers and other scientists to think of ways to solve bigger problems in Laboratory Medicine. 

Gamification of Medical Laboratories

Gamification is the key to increased customer engagement. In the metaverse, gamers will be able to use virtual worlds to keep people's attention and monetize eyeballs. The ability to gamify an industry using augmented and virtual realities are the future of online sales. To create this new version of the internet, referred to as Web 3.0, marketing will become a game. A game is a structured form of play which is usually done for entertainment and/or education. 

Gamification is a marketing strategy which enhances systems, products, services, and organizations in order to motivate and engage users using the experiences garnered from playing a game. It is used as part of a persuasive system design tool for learning and knowledge retention as well as improving customer retention.

Medical Laboratories will have to use gamification in order to survive in the new world of internet marketing. The metaverse will be in the form of a 3D computer simulation like a video game with parallel universes to the physical one we exist in. Therefore, new salespeople will have to develop a gamers' mindset to market effectively in the metaverse.

Big Pharma and Diagnostics Overlap

The overlap of Big Pharma and Diagnostics is in the field of chemistry. Let us retrace history to the advent of modern pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Modern pharmaceuticals began with the extraction of morphine from opium poppy plants while modern diagnostics began with analyzing chemicals in urine. The major overlap of these two industries is chemistry. Doctors use morphine to treat severe pain and it is still used for that purpose in hospitals today. Urine dipsticks are still used by Doctors to make chemical analyses of urine easier and quicker which speeds up the diagnoses of patients.  However, the new era of technological revolution will be based on the chemistry of life: DNA. This type of chemistry will fuse diagnostics and pharmaceuticals into one by making diagnosis and treatment tailored to the genetic code of the patient. This will allow scientists to engineer life and create forms of life that do not exist in nature currently. Programming biology will be a greater engineering feat than the programming of computer software. 

The real overlapping of Big Pharma and Diagnostics is in the software of life which we call "Deoxyriboneucleic Acid". This is the cure for all diseases and the birth of superhumans. Welcome to science fact; not science fiction. Medical Laboratories are making science fiction into science fact.

The Metaverse of Medical Laboratories

The future of the internet is the metaverse. This is where we can all teleport into Medical Laboratories all over the world and carry out procedures not available in your physical space. Biomedical Engineers will no longer need to travel to use a chemistry analyzer, they can simply own one in the metaverse. This idea supports decentralized, persistent online 3-D virtual environments which will be available through smartphones and laptops. Its infrastructure requires connectivity based on the use of a network of servers powered by computers.

This is where a lot of consultations and education about Medical Laboratories will take place. The internet serves as the first iteration of the metaverse. Access points for the metaverse includes general purpose computers and smartphones. This is the rise of individual ownership on the internet.

YOU are the final TECH

The final TECH is the engineering or programming of life. Imagine being able to change your genetics like how you change the operating system on your computer or update an application on your android phone. This could happen in real time using a genetic compiler that changes your human biology in an instant. This invention will take all the foundations of nanomedicine and manipulate biological machines inside your cells, at the DNA level, to create a new YOU. You can change your IQ, Eye Color, Height, Weight, Skin Color and Texture, Hair Color and Texture, and/or your health by programming your biology. Instead of programming computers which we do now in the software revolution, we will be programming our biology in the living software revolution. The Medical Laboratory has a major role in the creation of this final TECH which is YOU. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics is the fastest growing discipline of Laboratory Medicine and has the potential to create the most advanced form of technology that the human race will ever experience.

To participate in the living software revolution, one needs a deep understand of the principles related to gene-editing and CRISPR. YOU are the final TECH.

Biology is Nanotechnology

Biological systems operate using nanotechnology. The cell (plant and/or animal) is inherently nano in scale hence nanotechnology has to merge with biology. In order for molecular engineering of nanomachines to be possible then we have to view nanotechnology as biology. Smaller than nano is pico and femto-technology which are far below atoms and other elements of nature that are visible to the naked eye. In cellular biology, ATP synthesis and DNA replication are essential tasks of life which are done by nanites or molecular machines. Molecular machines can be divided into two broad categories: artificial and biological. Artificial molecular machines are molecules that are artificially designed and synthesized while biological molecular machines are molecules that are found in nature and have evolved after abiogenesis on Earth. The most complex macromolecular machines are found within cells, often in the form of multi-protein complexes. Examples of biological molecular machines include motor proteins such as myosin (for muscle contraction), kinesin (moves cargo inside cells away from the nucleus), dynein (moves cargo inside cells towards the nucleus). Examples of artificial molecular machines include molecular sensors, molecular switch, molecular shuttle, molecular propeller.

Molecular machines will play an integral role in genetic engineering and as a result will impact medical laboratories. This is a new form of bioengineering which could lead to the creation of synthetic plants and animals.

Bio- Hax and Vax

Many conspiracies surrounding Bio-Hax and Vax have led a lot of people to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. Theorists are spreading propaganda that the vaccine will edit DNA or implant microchips inside persons. Biohacking is becoming more mainstream now since the invention of CRISPR. Genetic engineers are now contemplating the creation of superhumans by engineering their biology. Some even believe that COVID-19 is the birth of the era of biological programming. Programming biology changes man into a machine since like a computer that can be programmed with Python, engineers can program the cells of man with DNA (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine). Bio-Hax are possible through the engineering of a synthetic virus which infects a cell via a pandemic (involuntarily) or by simply creating a vaccine with the RNA of the synthetic virus then inject it into the cell (voluntarily). An enzyme will cut the DNA like a scissors then insert any new gene into the person's DNA. This technology will be greater and more impactful than the software revolution. It is actually another form of software revolution called the living software revolution.

Engineering life is the hardest task that any engineer will ever have. This is the final invention of the human race and Medical Laboratories will play a key role in making this engineering feat possible.

Biological and Software programming

Software programming is done by encoding zeroes and ones on microchips while biological programming is done by encoding the DNA of cells using A, G, T and C which are the building blocks of DNA. The next major technological revolution will not include computer software but will be biological software. DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created. Our ability to engineer biology will solve major world problems such as the spread of disease, world hunger and climate change. The use of biological computation has the potential to transform medicine, agriculture and energy. Biological apps are being created to put the gene for a perfume scent from a plant into yeast. Hence, the perfume is produced from fermentation of the yeast instead of using plant extracts. Engineering biology will speed up the development of synthetic solutions to old problems. Some problems include manufacturing biofuels, engineering solar cells similar to how plants carry out photosynthesis or engineering viruses to act as biopesticides.

Medical Laboratories will be using genetic compilers in the future that make biological programming as safe and robust as traditional software programming.

Bio-plastics, fuels or fertilizers

Which industry will biology have the greatest impact? Life is the ultimate technology and engineering life can transform trillion dollar industries. Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources. These renewable biomass sources include vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc. On the other hand, fossil-fuel plastics are derived from petroleum or natural gas. Biofuel is fuel that is produced through biomass rather than through oil. Biomass such as wood can be used as fuel and involve carbon fixation, such as those which occur in plants via photosynthesis. Biofertilizers are living microbes which, when applied to seeds or soil, colonize the rhizosphere or interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the availability of nutrients to the host plant. This is how biotechnology can replace trillion dollar industries.

Once bioengineers can perform DNA programming on these living organisms then the possibilities are endless. Life is certainly the ultimate technology in this universe.

Biology is the future of tech

The most advanced technology that exist in this universe is life. The study of life and the ability to engineer life will be the final invention of the human race. Currently there are advancements in synthetic biology which allow humans to program DNA like programming a computer. Bill Gates once said that DNA is a software, just more advanced than any software ever created. Elon Musk also said that DNA is firmware, which makes curing diseases like cancer a software problem. The ability to engineer life is at the forefront of most research done by synthetic biologists and bioengineers. 

The Medical Laboratory has played a key role in the advancement of genetics over years. Gene-editing and molecular diagnostics are the foundations for engineering life. Engineering biology will replace engineering computer hardware and software as the future of tech.

Medical Labots

Robotics is a interdisciplinary field involving computer science and engineering. Medical Laboratories have seen an increase in the use of automation and artificial intelligence for most blood testing procedures. Biomedical engineers are looking for ways to make boring and repetitive tasks done by humans to be replaced by medical labots. These robots in the medical laboratory could use data from patients' blood to make diagnoses. This would eliminate the need for a Doctor since 70% of the data used for diagnoses comes from Medical Laboratories. The future looks promising in the eyes of most engineers who continue to search for solutions for the greatest problems in this world. Medical Labots will rely heavily on biomimicry and other forms of biotech to achieve its goals. 

With the use of mechatronics and computer engineering, the future of Medical Labots is bright. All data from Medical Laboratories will be strictly collected, analysed, engineered, processed and reported via machines. Thus, revolutionizing healthcare.

Medical or Industrial Biomanufacturing

Using biology to manufacture useful products has been just an idea for many scientists and engineers for years. Now this idea is a reality since fungi and bacteria are now being used to make cement, detergents, and plastics thus revolutionizing many industries. Bioengineers are doing a lot of research to make these micro-organisms genetically programmable in order to enhance their functions in biomanufacturing. Medical Laboratories have used biotechnology to make amino acids, biopharmaceuticals, cytokines and vaccines such the one for COVID-19. The operations of these biomanufacturing plants include the use of techniques such as cell culture, column chromatography, and ultrafiltration. 

Biotechnology and genetic engineering could revolutionize not only medicine and agriculture but also construction and many other industries. This is gene-editing technology controlling your house, car, furniture and your whole life.

Autobots, roll out

This is the catchphrase of Optimus Prime from the science fiction movie called Transformers. This catchphrase is being realized more and more daily with the advancements in autonomous car technology. Car companies are rapidly transitioning into robotics companies which will roll out Autobots like in Transformers. Artificially Intelligent cars on Earth won't be sentient autobots from Cybertron but they will be semi-sentient, driverless cars that anyone can own. Data scientists and other machine learning engineers are using different algorithms in computer vision and other forms of tech to make this fiction into fact. 

Medical Laboratories will use these autobots as labs on wheels. This will change the mobile phlebotomy industry into medical robots that drive to patients' homes and offices to provide phlebotomy services.

Biological Bricks

A house built with living concrete sounds impossible to most persons. However engineers have been able to create living concrete made from photosynthetic cyanobacteria called synechococcus. This could one day reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry. The team of researchers including Wil Srubar combined the bacteria with gelatin, sand and nutrients in a liquid mixture, then place it in a mould. Heat and sunlight is then applied resulting in the bacteria producing calcium carbonate crystals around the sand particles. This process is similar to how seashells are formed on the seashore. The advantage of biological bricks is that if the bacteria isn't dehydrated entirely, they continue to grow. 

This process has the potential to be done in Medical Laboratories to create medical real estate using energy intensive concrete that is more environmentally friendly because of its reliance on photosynthesis. Concrete is the second most consumed material on earth after water. Using biotechnology and bacteria that grow exponentially, the construction industry can theoretically move from linear manufacturing to exponential manufacturing.

 

Products from Genetic Engineering

Genetics will shape the final invention of the human race. The final race towards the apocalypse is between artificial intelligence and genetics. Genetic engineering is the manipulation of organisms to make useful products. Humans have used selective breeding in animals for thousands of years. Microorganisms were also studied and bioengineers realised their abilities to carry out commercially useful processes. Microbes are used for the manufacturing of vaccines and antibiotics. Biotechnology refers to the use of gene manipulation combined with material sciences, nanotechnology and computer software to create products. Pregnancy tests have been developed using biotechnology labs. Other products from genetic engineering has made it easier to detect and diagnose diseases. 

Genetic engineering has been used in Medical Laboratories to produce insulin, human growth hormones, follistim, human albumin, monoclonal antibodies and antihemophilic factors. Genetics is also used for creation of genetically modified organisms or crops in agriculture.

 

Medical Robots on Wheels

Experiments with self-driving technology have been conducted by engineers for decades. Since artificial intelligence has become the primary R&D project of this era, biomedical engineers can now revolutionize medical transportation. Both emergency and non-emergency medical transportation will become more efficient with Level 5 autonomous vehicles. Ambulances will no longer need a driver and will use data as its primary decision-making tool. Medical Laboratories will now have a new invention in mobile phlebotomy i.e. medical robots on wheels which bring the lab to your home. This would be even more convenient and interesting if these medical robots on wheels are intelligent enough to perform gene-editing techniques on humans. Cars are becoming robots on wheels and car manufacturers are slowly becoming robot manufacturers with the use of Artificial Intelligence hardwares and softwares in these cars.  

The only concern is the emotional intelligence of these medical robots since they will have to deal with human beings that have feelings and experience emotional disturbances. The Medical Laboratory and its mobile phlebotomy services will have a surge in customer experiences using this technology since these robots will be available to all patients via the internet. Biomedical Engineers can study the patents of Tesla Motors to change the medical transportation industry into a modern version of medical robots on wheels.

Medical Laboratory Inventions

Comedic science fiction may envision Medical Laboratories to resemble Dexter's Laboratory from Cartoon Network. However, the inventions that Dexter create would have to be around genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. Although most episodes of Dexter's Laboratory feature a new invention, none are hard-core genetic experiments. Dexter seems to prefer robotics and artificial intelligence more than genetics. Our modern day Dexter could very well be rocket man Elon Musk who recently announced the new Tesla Bot. Tesla Bot will be used to replace boring and repetitive tasks such as some of the tasks done in medical laboratories. 

The prototype for the Tesla Bot could be the final invention that Biomedical Engineers use to replace Medical Technologists. This maybe the invention of the Medical Laboratory that operates primarily using robotics, femtotechnology and genetics. The greatest technology of our existence on planet Earth will be gene-editing.

Medical Laboratory on Mars

For decades, there has been a deep love expressed for the planet Mars by the human race. Biomedical engineers have studied the planet and recognized that Mars is the planet in our solar system most capable of supporting life and installing a Medical Laboratory. The existence of life on Mars has remained an open question which eliminates the need for a Medical Laboratory. The possibility of life on Mars has not been ruled out even though we know today that there are no civilizations on Mars. Some scientists believe that Mars has an underground civilization which is more or less on par with civilizations on Earth. This means that in order to install a Medical Laboratory on Mars, the mission plan must include staying to colonize or setting up a Martian base. This mission plan must also include certain calculations and technical drawings to construct a Medical Laboratory on Mars. 

The idea of constructing a Medical Laboratory on Mars is entertaining to most science fiction enthusiasts. This idea could also be seen as a proposal for international cooperation to build Medical Laboratories in order to sustain life in space. A civilization on Mars is considered a fantasy by the man on the street but most Biomedical engineers would not deny its possibility. The reasons that it hasn't been done yet are more economical than technical. For this idea to be believable it does not require any futuristic technology or leaps of faith. All it requires is a willingness to be entertained, inspired and educated. You have become a true dreamer.

Life beyond Earth

Questions asked by many exobiologists include: Do aliens exist?, and What is their molecular biology? Most futuristic bioengineers have struggled for years to discover life beyond Earth's atmosphere. However, none have been successful. If humans can figure out the molecular biology of aliens then humans could replicate that biochemistry and transform humans into aliens and vici versa. This could aid in achieving the goal of making humans a multiplanetary species. Changing human genetics could make humans tolerate the heat on Venus as well as the radiation on Mars. Genetic engineering is the field which offers the most promise for humans to reside on other planets and make space tourism a reality. 

When we discover life beyond earth, alot of doors will be opened for interplanetary business and entrepreneurship. There will be need for a universal bank, trade center and monetary fund for the solar system as well as other galaxies. Medical Laboratories and biomedical engineers will have to be at the forefront of replicating the genetics of aliens and other extraterrestrial lifeforms in order to genetically engineer humans to survive on other planets and in other galaxies.

Medical Nanorobots editing DNA

Biological machines that are tiny enough to be swallowed could change the landscape of Laboratory Medicine. These nanorobots could take the diseased/abnormal genes from human DNA and replace those abnormal genes with normal or above normal genes. Such methods can be used to treat diseases or change the functions of cells to provide humans with supernatural powers. Richard Feynman spoke about swallowing the surgeon in his lecture on nanotech titled, "There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom". With the use of non biological intelligence, such as artificial neural networks, these tiny machines can learn how to do the work of surgeons from inside a human body. Medical nanorobots can be used in diagnostics and drug delivery. A medical nanobot could be programmed to analyze chemicals and cells inside the bloodstream and provide lab results to the Medical Technologist. This could revolutionize the entire scope of Laboratory Medicine and transform the role of a Medical Technologist into the role of a biomedical engineer. 

Editing genes using nanobots would make the process faster and make genetic engineering available and accessible to everyone. Everybody could have a computer inside their bloodstream that changes their DNA whenever they want. Biological computers could also be injected into the brain to create augmented realities and brain-machine interfaces through the use of nanorobotics. Biomedical engineers are at the forefront of producing these tiny surgeons and will change Medical Laboratories into nanorobot factories.

Three Tech Revolutions

In the book The Singularity Is Near, Ray Kurzweil highlighted that technological advancements are moving ahead at an exponential rate. Today's technologies are helping us to build better technologies for tomorrow which fuels the acceleration. Kurzweil identifies genetics, nanotechnology and robotics as the three overlapping revolutions. These revolutionary technologies will redefine our lives in the future. The genetics revolution will allow us to reprogram our own biology. The nanotechnology revolution will allow us to manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic scale. The robotics revolution will allow us to create a greater than human non-biological intelligence. 

The medical laboratory has been anticipating the power of genetic engineering for a long time. GMO crops are already produced by a lot of farmers on a wide scale. Since the human genome project was completed in 2003, there has been huge advancements in reading, writing and programming DNA. With biotechnology, the medical laboratory can now reprogram the code of life.

DNA: Life's Software

Software programming and engineering is a major contributor to the birth of the information age. DNA is the ultimate software which programs life, but the human race is still incapable of engineering this software. The double helix of the DNA structure can archive large amounts of data in minute volumes. This is fascinating! Since farmers started to experiment with crossbreeding and selective breeding of plants and animals, Genetics has fascinated many futurists. The ability to create a form of life which doesn't exist currently in nature is the ultimate form of technology. Selective breeding of crops allowed farmers to create a plant which produces the highest yield of fruits and resist diseases which affect other plants. That was where genetic engineering began. Hence, selecting parents (male and female), for any form of life, to breed can engineer a living system (offspring) with a gene pool that does not exist in nature. 

Genetic engineering is programming the DNA code to create cells with a desired function. This can enhance the traits of any living organism and create life with specific characteristics. As we swim in an ocean of data on a daily basis, we continue to search for ways to store this data efficiently. Archiving data in DNA molecules might be the solution and could be the final invention for combining digital intelligence and biological intelligence. Medical Laboratories working with DNA are at the forefront of this new genetic technology.

Engineering humans

The final invention of the human race is the engineering of a synthetic human built as a cyborg with superhuman powers. Engineering human beings will include creating mechanical and electrical devices that will become human body parts. This will incorporate the use of tissue engineering and editing of human genetics. This will be achieved by future biomedical engineers transforming medical laboratories into cyborg factories.

Our final invention will be a synthetic human in the form of a cyborg which has a combination of biological and artificial intelligence. The supposed risks associated with this final invention could probably lead to the extermination of the human race. It will be difficult to control a cyborg that may become orders of magnitude more intelligent that the most intelligent human being. Biomedical engineers will be the single most important profession in shaping the future of humanity. They will shape the future using technologies in the areas of genetics, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology. The singularity is near!

 

Nanodiagnostics and Genetics

Advancements in genetic modification via nanodiagnostics can be used to create superhumans. Nanotechnology is a field of research and innovation concerned with building things on the scale of atoms and molecules. Hence nanodiagnostics can build synthetic DNA that can change the molecular biology of humans. Editing of genes using nanotech can lead to the creation of superintelligent humans through combining biological intelligence with artificial intelligence using brain-computer interfaces. 

Medical Laboratories are using nanodiagnostic techniques to change and rewrite human genetics. Although it is now a reality, the editing of human genetics is still seemingly associated with science fiction. Mutants such as Professor X are popularised as superheroes from science fiction and other comic books and movies. Using CRISPR to edit one's genome is giving humans superpowers as they do to the superheroes in science fiction movies.

 

Three Paths to Superintelligence

The existential risk of humanity is a growing concern for many futurists who study singularity. Predictions are being made in Nick Bostrom's book called Superintelligence, that are potentially dangerous for mankind. Three paths to superintelligence that are highlighted in the book include: artificial intelligence, genetics and brain-computer interfaces. These three paths are purported to have the potential of creating cyborgs with superhuman powers. 

Medical Laboratories are playing a crucial role in the advancement of genetics as a path towards superintelligence. Predicting diseases such as Cancer will be the goal of Medical Laboratories that use genetics, cyborgization and artificial intelligence.

The Genetics of Telekinesis, Telepathy and Teleportation

A mutation in the DNA of humans can cause the manifestation of superpowers like telekinesis, telepathy and teleportation. Genetic engineering can bring superintelligence to reality as well as other ideas that have been highlighted in science fiction for ages. Telepathy which is communicating information vicariously without human sensory channels or physical interaction is a cyborgized activity. Telekinesis which is the ability to move objects at a distance by mental power is a cyborgized activity. Teleportation which is the transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them is a cyborgized activity. All these activities are superpowers which might seem like magic but are possible based on the laws of science. Brain-Machine interfaces can make these all possible in augmented realities of the computerized versions of ourselves. We all have magical superpowers in augmented realities. 

Medical Laboratories contribute to these superpowers through the area of genetics. Genetic engineering enhances the biological cognition of human brains by rewriting genetics of neurons and combining biological intelligence with artificial intelligence to create cyborgs. Once we mix our real physical world with our virtual reality then we can see and manifest all our superpowers in cyberspace. We use our genetically enhanced brains combined with AI to manifest telepathy, telekinesis and teleportation in augmented realities.

Medical Labs creating Cyborgs

A person whose body contains mechanical and/or electrical devices and whose abilities are greater than the abilities of normal humans is called a Cyborg. Connecting a human to a computer seems almost impossible to fathom. However, creating cyborgs through a brain-computer interface is possible. For example, analyze the similarities between a biological neural network in the human brain and a artificial neural network used in a computer. Both are similar and operate on principles that are the same. Hence biological intelligence (humans) and artificial intelligence (machines) can be combined to create cyborgs. Other areas such as genetic engineering, tissue engineering, augmented reality, quantum mechanics and living on other planets in space could make life as a cyborg more fascinating. Cyborg is the combination of two words (cybernetic and organism). Hence brain-machine interfaces can create cybernetic organisms.

Becoming cyborgs could be the solution for humans to become a mutiplanetary species. Cyborgs would have to be genetically and tissue engineered to resist the heat on Venus and the radiation on Mars. Medical Laboratories could be the factory floor for biomedical engineers to create cyborgs. Would you want to be a cyborg?

The Next Big Thing

The CEOs of the major technology companies all think that the next big thing can be boiled down to two main areas. These CEOs include Tim Cook (Apple), Satya Nadella (Microsoft) and Sundar Pichai (Google). They all think that the next big thing will be either Artificial Intelligence or Augmented Reality. However, I personally think that genetic engineering and tissue engineering will be the next big thing. The future lies in the hands of Medical Laboratories built by Biomedical engineers.

I might be wrong, or I might be close to the truth but there is a high probability. Medical Laboratory Scientists who adapt to technology and learn certain engineering principles could help to shape the future of technology via synthetic dna or regenerative medicine.

Augmented Reality is one interesting area which tech CEOs think is the next big thing, and medical labs could capitalize on this medical futurism. By definition, it is an enhanced version of the real physical world that is achieved via the use of digital visual elements, sound or other sensory stimuli delivered through computers. This might seem somewhat like medical science fiction, but the augmented reality of medical laboratories may look like an enhanced version of the real world of laboratory medicine that exists only in the cloud. All medical laboratories would be internet based companies. Hence all blood tests will be done at home and data would be transmitted from the dna test kit to the internet website which provides a diagnosis using AI. Test tubes of blood collected from patients would be simply database softwares that has statistical elements which can be analyzed to enhance the artificial intelligence of cyborgs.

Labcoin or Bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies have been making news headlines worldwide since 2009 when Satoshi Nakamoto released the open source software for Bitcoin. In recent times, we have heard how Elon Musk, a tech entrepreneur, has been posting memes on Twitter which cause these digital assets to rise and fall in valuation. Dogecoin is one cryptocurrency that has taken a hit because of tweets made by Elon Musk. The abstract written by Satoshi Nakamoto in the white paper for Bitcoin states that it is a purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash which would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. This means a decentralized currency that would make banks obsolete. These digital currencies which use blockchain technology are a threat to the world economy and the global financial system. Major companies such as car maker Tesla motors started to take payments for cars purchased online using cryptocurrencies. This form of electronic cash has strong cryptography which secures each online transaction. Medical Laboratories which adapt to technology and become fully internet-based companies will have to do transactions with cryptocurrencies. This is a revolution of the financial system that will transform every industry with blockchain technology.

Labcoin sounds like the future "science fiction" name of cryptocurrencies that Medical Laboratories will use. Or it could be the name of the pseudonymous developer or group of developers who will help Medical Laboratories exclusively prove their ownership of cryptocurrency units using cryptography. By definition, a cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in a ledger existing in a form of computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of additional coins, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership. The question is: "Will Labcoin be the cryptocurrency of medical laboratories?" 

3D printing in Medical Laboratories

3D printing of organs that can be implanted into the human body sounds like science fiction but it is a new field called Regenerative Medicine. This medical field is now science fact because Doctors are scraping cells from body parts into petri dishes which grow into organs. Just like the manufacturing of DNA will change Medical Laboratories, the making of body parts, with 3D printing, done to order will change Medical Laboratories. Technology will transform Medical Laboratories into a factory floor for synthetic biology. This is part of the development of tissue engineering. This technological revolution along with other areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics and gene splicing will have the greatest impact on humanity. 

Medical Laboratories are changing to adapt to these five technologies (AI, Quantum Mechanics, 3D printing of human organs, Genetic Engineering and Space travel). These are ideas that come from science fiction novels but we are now seeing them manifested into science fact.

Making Synthetic DNA

Editing genes is the future of technology in the next 100 years. It is oftentimes predicted that by 2100 synthetic DNA will be manufactured by all Medical Laboratories. Biomedical Engineers will be at the forefront of this technological revolution. Without a shadow of doubt, the future of Medical Laboratories lies in the hands of genetics and engineering. Gene therapy and other areas of biopharmaceuticals will be greatly impacted by the manufacturing of synthetic DNA. Gene editing will be done by using DNA as a sort of programming language like Python/ R for statistical computing. Artifical intelligence and Sythetic RNA/DNA will be the basis of technological advancements in the future. Hence, inventors who want to move forward into the future of technology should focus on areas such as genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. Understanding the medical laboratory and its current functions can help with understanding the advancements in human genetics.

Having an understanding of human genetics helps with how we will create superhumans and manufacture synthetic DNA. This advancement could cure a lot of diseases such as Cancer or Sickle Cell Anaemia. Life on other planets in the solar system will be dependent on genetics. This sounds a lot like science fiction. In the future, the making of DNA could create superhumans as the final product and the factory floor for engineering superhumans would be Medical Laboratories.

Genetically Engineering the future

People oftentimes ask, "What will the future be like?" Will we have flying cars, biological computers or superhuman intelligence? These ideas have fueled our imaginations for years and have been the bedrock for science fiction. But, what would "medical" science fiction entail? Will the role of Doctors, Pharmacists, Medical Technologists or Radiographers be obsolete or will they have to adjust their roles to become more of an engineer than just a medical professional? The simple answer is all professions will become engineered in some way. This is because the entire human race and existence will be bioengineered in some way. Humans will become either half machines (cyborgs) or full machines (robots). Medical Laboratories will play the role of genetically engineering humans and other biological systems for the future. The main focus of the medical technologists will be genetics which is the fastest growing discipline in Laboratory Medicine. Our human genetic code is like a computer programming language which can program a cell like a computer software. Hence, by editing human genetics, we can alter the functions of human cell biology and create superhumans like the X-Men published by Marvel Comics. This sounds like 'medical' science fiction. Sounds like Spiderman (Peter Parker) being bitten by a genetically engineered spider which changes his DNA thus giving him superhuman powers. WOW! Is this real?

Yes, it is science fiction but some science fact is in it. Humans that are genetically engineered might not have superhuman powers like Spiderman or Hulk, but genetic engineering can enhance certain biological features of both plants and animals. For example, Golden Rice was engineered to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A. Hence, Golden Rice was used to treat patients with Vitamin A deficiency. This is an example of genetic engineering doing good for humanity. To prepare for the future, we have to embrace engineering principles and combine them with genetics to operate effective Medical Labs. Biomedical Engineers could replace the role of Doctors and Medical Technologists with robotics and artificial intelligence. The intent is not to advance science fiction but to show us that fiction can easily become fact in the future. Thanks to genetics.

The Sci-Fi of Medical Laboratories

The future of Medical Laboratories lies in the hands of Biomedical Engineers. Automation is slowly replacing the role of the Medical Technologists whom will be redundant when robotics take over the world and humans become a multiplanetary species. The above sentence might sound like a weird sci-fi Elon Musk quote but colonizing other planets is possible. With genetic and software engineering built on the framework of artificial intelligence, the future of humans is predictable via statistical science. We as medical laboratory scientists can now embrace our imaginary instincts and make science fiction into science reality. My imagination of the Medical Laboratory in the future is one operated by machines only. There is a possibility that Humans and Machines could also be symbiotic in this future of medical labs but no pure bred human will be doing blood analysis.

Leaving Earth to reside on other planets will require humans to become half machines (hybrids) or fully biomedically engineered (mutants). This will involve editing of genes to reverse human aging, eliminate human disease as well as enhance human intelligence. Science Fiction has made a lot of predictions about healthcare and will continue to encourage imagination amongst the engineering geniuses of the future. One example is the Tricoder from the Star Trek series. The bottom line is that the Sci-Fi of Medical Laboratories will not involve humans but will be fully automated with artificial intelligence software and robotics hardware. Another example of Sci-Fi is COVID-19 which exemplifies a genetically engineered virus built in a medical laboratory. Science Fact might cause COVID-19 to wipe out the human race and/or change our genetics making us into machines.

Collecting Medical Laboratory Data

Data is the new oil. Companies are using data to drive decisions now more than ever. Collecting data from patients about the medical laboratory will be the foundation of technological advancements in Laboratory Medicine. Whether in the field of AI or Quantum Computing, there will be data collection at the epicenter of these advancements. Tools primarily used for data collection include: Surveys, Questionnaires and Interviews. With the internet, online businesses such as Google, Facebook and Amazon are swimming in an ocean of data. This data gives these internet companies power that not even the world government has. These companies know more about their customers than the customers know about themselves. They know your location, your preferences, where you were born and even your family members. This information is used as knowledge for marketers to target individuals with personalized products. This is AI at work.

Data will take us into the future when the robots take over the world. We will have hotels and bioengineered humans on Mars. At this point, cryptocurrencies will replace banks, brain-computer interfaces will be a reality, cars will be driverless, space travel will be like air travel and human cells will be biological computers that are genetically programmed. All of this will be part of the data revolution that we are now experiencing. Gav-Med wants to keep you informed and data-rich as these changes take place.  

Quantum Mechanics

Medical Laboratories will eventually have to adapt to new technologies in order to produce faster and more accurate health data to patients. One of these technologies is Quantum Computing which is built on the theories of quantum mechanics. Superposition and Entanglement are the main foundations of this new idea called qubits (quantum bits) which are similar to bits (0/1) in binary. In quantum mechanics, 0 and 1 can exist as both states at the same time. This is referred to as superposition. Very complex calculations that could take a classical computer decades to compute can take a small amount of time for a quantum computer to compute.

In Laboratory Medicine, the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning is slowly taking precedence. The use of health data to predict diseases is reducing health care cost and identifying high risk factors for disease. Diagnosis is become more accurate with the use of technology and is ushering in the age of information into the lives of all patients. Self diagnosis will soon become a reality for all with wearable health monitors such as a watch that monitors pulse or blood pressure. The internet will play an important role in the communication of data and this will be made faster and more accurate with quantum mechanics. This proves the impact of STEM related subjects on Laboratory Medicine. Science (Physics), Technology (AI), Engineering (Biomedical) and Mathematics (Statistics) will transform how Medical Laboratories operate. Quantum Mechanics and AI is at the forefront of a technological revolution that will affect every industry.

Data Science for Medical Laboratories

Aristotle Onassis once said that, "The secret of success is to know something that nobody else knows." Data-driven companies tend to outperform other companies by 65%. Data is a enterprise asset which means that if your medical laboratory has incorrect data then it is can easily become a liability. By definition, data science is the use of algorithms and systems to extract knowledge from data. Laboratory information systems are used by Medical Laboratories to control, manage and govern data. The difference between data, information and knowledge is that data are facts, information is facts that has meaning while knowledge is when experience and insight is combined with the information that you have. Medical Laboratory analytics of patient data is done for competitive advantage as well as personalization and customer relationship management. Personalize your Medical Laboratory is a book which could be renamed as Data Science for Medical Laboratory. This book is all about marketing and sales and how data can provide a competitive advantage to increase revenue and reduce costs.

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