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[10ebbor10]

We could have an ecosystem of the Month thingy, were biodiverisity becomes equal to fashion.

[Guardian G.I.]

You can ride a horse for fun. What are you going to do with a pet cow?

Get your own milk. Not that chemical stuff the governement produces, who knows what they put in it.

It's not the government that pumps chemicals into milk, it's transnational corporations owning farms and milk plants!

[SalmonGod]

Ok... I don't really think that livestock animals would go extinct if they weren't farmed.  People would keep them around.  Domestic cows and sheep can't really survive in the wild, though.  They'd be kept alive the same way many species in zoos are.  Functionally extinct in their native settings, but a small population kept alive for novelty, education, and entertainment.  Assuming we eliminate all other practical reasons for breeding them.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

There are places where cows and sheep can survive without humans.

[SalmonGod]

There are places where cows and sheep can survive without humans.

Places devoid of predators, that don't also have herbivorous population explosions taking advantage of the lack of predators and consuming all the vegetation? 

[Jimmy]

If only there were a term used to describe domesticated animals released into the wild that become self sufficient...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral

Feral sheep: Mostly isolated to small patches of land without predators. May well go extinct if not for human support.
Feral cattle: Survive quite well for months or years without human interference, large populations live off the land for extended periods before being rounded up again by humans simply because it's profitable to do so.

[SalmonGod]

Hmm... sheep and cattle are the ones I didn't think would make it.  They've been bred to be fat, delicious, and stupid for so long.  I stand corrected on cattle. 

[olemars]

Cattle bred for beef production might survive in the wild. Less sure about cows bred for milking.

[SalmonGod]

Cattle bred for beef production might survive in the wild. Less sure about cows bred for milking.

And probably nothing that's been raised in a factory farming environment would survive long.

[Scoops Novel]

I'm not going to be presumptious enough to hypothesise the advances of the next decade, though i will ask whats currently expected in the next few years, say 3 years from now.

[Loud Whispers]

I'm not going to be presumptious enough to hypothesise the advances of the next decade, though i will ask whats currently expected in the next few years, say 3 years from now.

Kidneys with laser beams.

[Scoops Novel]

Well actually...

[Flying Dice]

I'm not going to be presumptious enough to hypothesise the advances of the next decade, though i will ask whats currently expected in the next few years, say 3 years from now.

Kidneys with laser beams.

Eliminating toxins WITH SCIENCE.

[alway]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/first-wireless-implantable-brain-computer-interface-works-monkeys-humans-could-be-next
Fully implanted wireless brain-computer interface for monkeys.

In other news, a man was charged with vandalism of government property for shooting a police robot.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/man-charged-shooting-robot

Big Dog learns to toss cinder blocks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ&feature=player_embedded&v=2jvLalY6ubc

US Army is deploying 3D printing labs the size of a shipping crate:
http://singularityhub.com/2013/02/28/3d-printing-on-the-frontlines-army-deploying-2-8m-mobile-fabrication-labs/

First cybernetic eye implant to gain FDA approval, restoring some sight to the blind.
http://singularityhub.com/2013/02/19/fda-approves-eye-implant-enabling-the-blind-to-partially-see/

One you probably already know about, nonprofit group plans to send a couple of people around Mars and back.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/lewis-and-clark-mars-expedition-would-send-married-couple-skimming-past-mars-2018

Consumer-targetted robotic exoskeleton (the HAL system) gets international safety approval.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/hal-robotic-suit-gets-safety-approval

Organovo and AutoDesk team up to create 3D printed organ CAD software.
http://singularityhub.com/2013/02/13/autodesk-and-organovo-team-up-to-bring-printable-human-organs-closer/

And that's just some of the stuff within the past month. 

Also, this is worth watching: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50138922n
A CBS 60 Minutes report on robots destroying jobs at an increasing pace.

[Max White]

You know, I've been reading The Wheels of Chance lately, and noticing the thread title I think we are already there.