NASA's Europa Mission is supposed to find out if there's anything alive on Jupiter's moon. But how do you prepare astronauts for such a journey? Holiverse suggests testing them not in reality, but in the metaverse
NASA has sent a space probe on an expedition to Jupiter's moon. Europa Clipper's trajectory will pass by Mars and Earth, using the gravity of these planets to accelerate. In total, the device will fly for six years before scientists discover if there are conditions for life there. And if it turns out that Europa is suitable for habitation, then we need to think - are people ready to go there?
How do you provide them with everything they need? What will they eat? How do they cope with diseases in extreme conditions? How do you prepare the body for the study of extraterrestrial life?
Until now, astronauts were trained in special centers, simulating space conditions on Earth: modeling weightlessness, extreme temperatures and high levels of radiation. NASA’s Europa Mission made scientists think about the problem of how to conduct tests in the unknown without risks to humans.
With the creation of avatars, this problem will be much easier to solve.
The idea of creating a digital copy of a person was first shown in the famous movie by James Cameron "Avatar". At that time, it looked impressive. For a long time, the concept was considered fantastic, and no one tried to bring it to life - either the technology did not allow it, or there was simply no clear understanding of why such avatars were needed in the real world.
Today, the situation has changed. With the development of technology and the need for new solutions, the concept of avatars is beginning to take shape.
We found those who are seriously engaged in the creation of virtual doubles. No, we are not talking about Nvidia with their avatars that can communicate with people, demonstrating emotions and humor, and not even about Robosculptor with their massage robots. We will talk about #Holiverse - a startup that is working on creating digital copies of people based on human DNA.
According to Lado Okhotnikov, the founder and CEO of the Holiverse #metaverse, the company is developing a unique virtual platform where users will be able to conduct tests on their avatars. It will be possible to simulate any reaction of the body to stimuli, whether they are medications, diets or physical activity.
The company said that virtual doubles will predict any scenarios. But for this to work, it is necessary to collect detailed data on the state of human health. This will require a saliva analysis.
Saliva contains unique information about our body - it contains #DNA, proteins and other important biomarkers. It is thanks to this data that scientists can recreate virtual copies of a person that reflect their health status as accurately as possible.
It is easy to take a test and you don’t need to go to a clinic: you order a kit online, take a sample, and send it to the lab. That’s it. Then the scientists’ work begins. Based on this sample, they create your personalized avatar that incorporates all the features of the body.
The developers are confident that the technology will really change life — and it’s hard to disagree with them. I can already imagine that before a person goes into space, their virtual avatar will have time to “live through” all possible scenarios.
Although we are talking about astronauts, this is quite applicable to ordinary people. Personalized medicine has no limits at all — its possibilities are available to everyone.
Each of us has our own characteristics — we are different in terms of physiology, genetics, environment, and habits. Traditional medicine often does not take this into account, offering the same treatment for everyone. It's like giving an adult and a child the same clothes and expecting them to fit. Obviously, everyone has their own sizes and needs.
The same thing with treatment: what works for one may not work for another. Seeing this, some people start looking for solutions on the Internet, without doctors. However, finding information on the Internet is one thing, but using this advice to treat yourself is a completely different matter.
It's time for healthcare to think about how to make medicine more personalized. Now there are all the opportunities for this.
It's not so easy to understand whether AI really brings real benefits or is just a beautiful illusion. Sometimes we are shown impressive achievements, and sometimes - examples where expectations are clearly overestimated.
Surely, AI can flip through a library on psychology in seconds and tell you about the symptoms of depression. But it will not be able to understand your condition based on your face alone and find the right words of support.
But in other areas, artificial intelligence really helps. For example, at the Curie Institute in Paris, it is used to treat cancer patients. AI detects so-called "cancer of unknown origin," when metastases have already spread so much that it is unclear which organ was affected first.
AI is also used to analyze medical scans, helping to identify, for instance, early signs of cancer and Alzheimer's disease. However, one chatbot for diagnostics is not enough - it must be used in combination.
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a study in which scientists tested AI on mammograms of more than 26,000 women. AI detected cancer in 24,400 patients, while radiologists detected a tumor in only 22,985 cases. Imagine that 1,415 women got a chance to live a happy life. And that’s the joy for their families, friends and everyone who loves them.
Now think about the fact that such diagnostics can be carried out at home, in a virtual office, and not in a doctor's office. This will save time, nerves and help to detect the disease in the early stages. But this requires a global system - and metaverses may well become this system.
The metaverse is one of the newest digital technologies that is beginning to be actively used in healthcare. In 2021, the market in this area was estimated at almost $7 billion, and by 2030, it is predicted to exceed $70 billion.
As a digital environment that combines AR, VR, blockchain, and social media technologies, the metaverse creates spaces where people can communicate, almost like in the real world.
If you can already communicate in the metaverse, then why not get treatment? Musk with his Neuralink took the first step in this direction - paralyzed patients were able to control electronics with their thoughts for the first time. If everything goes according to the plan, then even completely immobilized people will regain at least a little independence.
What if you connect Musk's chips with Lado Okhotnikov’s digital avatars and settle them in metaverses? It will be cool!
However, all these solutions are developing independently of each other. But the convergence of all these technologies is just around the corner. If all the pieces fit together, we will get a new dimension where medicine, digital avatars, neural implants and virtual reality work together for human health and well-being.
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