This document proposes using event processing as a key to immortality. It discusses recent medical research using sensors and actuators to monitor and treat diseases at the cellular level. The goal is to create an "ultimate automatic physician" that can detect any sickness, react proactively or reactively, and make treatment decisions using event processing networks as its "brain". The challenge presented is using such techniques to significantly extend the human lifespan.

1. DEBS 2012 gong show idea:
Event processing as a key to
immortality
:Disclaimer
The gong show is intended to express futuristic challenges and
.ideas
The presenter does not have a clue about anything described in
This presentation

2. Fresh news
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a novel way to monitor
real-time chemical changes in the brains of patients undergoing
deep brain stimulation )DBS(, using a small
,neurochemical sensor implanted in the patient‘s brain
.linked wirelessly to a laptop
The groundbreaking insight will help physicians more effectively
,use DBS to treat brain disorders such as Parkinson‘s disease
.depression and Tourette syndrome
July 17, 2012
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3. Earlier this year
DNA Robot Kills Cancer Cells
Device identifies target then releases
.deadly payload
February 16, 2012
By Alla Katsnelson of Nature magazine
DNA origami, a technique for making
structures from DNA, may be more
than just a cool design concept. It can
also be used to build devices that can
.seek out and destroy living cells
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4. Imagine the ultimate automatic physician
Eyes: Sensors can :Goal
detect biological and Cope with any
chemical signals possible sickness
:Hands
reactively or
Actuators can impact the
proactively
body up to the level of
a single cell
:The Brain
,Needs to filter, aggregate
,Transform, match patterns
Predict, and make decisions
The brain of the ultimate physician is an event processing
!Network
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5. Our challenge –
extend the lifespan of people
Develop event processing models
and tools that will be easily
consumed by biologists to be the
backbone of the singularity
.…revolution
This is much more important from
anything that each of us did until
today… so drop anything and
..concentrate on this
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