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Researchers Create New, Self-Healing Artificial Muscles

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in cyborgs, materials

Jan 6
2017

And it’s inspired by X-Men’s Wolverine.

The Hypersuit: VR simulator uses exoskeleton to make you a ‘superhero’

Posted by Carse Peel in cyborgs, virtual reality

Jan 4
2017

The VR simulator that could turn you into a SUPERHERO: Hypersuit uses a movable ‘exoskeleton’ for virtual flight…

A virtual reality exoskeleton could soon allow you to ‘explore breathtaking universes’ without ever leaving your home.

The Hypersuit, demonstrated at the CES Unveiled event in Las Vegas on Tuesday, is a full-body immersive VR simulator that relies on arm movements to control the user’s ‘flight.’

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Soldiers of the future will be augmented and indestructible

Posted by Carse Peel in biotech/medical, cyborgs

Jan 4
2017

With wound-healing smart fabrics and enhanced night-vision, researchers are building the next generation of indestructible soldiers.

America’s refusal to embrace gene editing could start the next Cold War

Posted by Zoltan Istvan in bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, employment, genetics, military, neuroscience, transhumanism | 1 Comment on America’s refusal to embrace gene editing could start the next Cold War

Jan 2
2017

New version of this out: https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/01/02/americas-r…-cold-war/ #transhumanism #biohacking

Unlike other epic scientific advances…the immediate effect of genetic editing technology is not dangerous. Yet, it stands to be just as divisive to humans as the 70-year proliferation of nuclear weaponry.

The playing field of geopolitics is pretty simple: If China or another country vows to increase its children’s intelligence via genetic editing, and America chooses to remain “au naturel” because they insist that’s how God made them, a conflict species-deep will quickly arise.

This type of idea takes racism and immigration to a whole new level. Will America close off its borders, its jobs, its schools, and its general openness to the world to stay pure, old-fashioned human?

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NASA R5: Valkyrie

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI

Dec 31
2016

There are robotic arms for amputees, robotic legs for the paralyzed. Duchenne is a disease that could be changed fundamentally by this technology.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DuchenneExoskeleton/

The Five Most Revolutionary Scientific Trends to Look Out For In 2017

Posted by Zoltan Istvan in biotech/medical, cyborgs, engineering, robotics/AI, transhumanism

Dec 30
2016

Check out my new story for Vice Motherboard on the top things to look out for in 2017: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/five-scientific-trends-2017 #transhumanism

Neural prosthetics, driverless cars, geoengineering and more.

An Exoskeleton For The Elderly

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in cyborgs, life extension

Dec 29
2016

With almost $10 million in funding, Superflex wants to redesign DARPA exoskeleton technology for the aging mainstream.

The garden shed full of helping hands

Posted by Karen Hurst in 3D printing, biotech/medical, cyborgs

Dec 26
2016

3D for the weekend inventors for a great cause to boot.

The British duo 3D printing prosthetic arms for children, for free, in the back garden.

Seven robots you need to know

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in cyborgs, robotics/AI

Dec 23
2016

From soft exoskeletons to cloud-based, networked ‘brains’, these are the 7 robots pointing the way to the future #ftrobots

How We Got Closer to Our Cyberhuman Future in 2016

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in biotech/medical, cyborgs

Dec 23
2016

Humans’ relationship with technology is growing ever-more intimate. In a sense, we have already become cyborgs, tethered to our external electronic devices, outsourcing to them our memories, our sense of direction, our socializing, our lives. But, if the past year’s technological advancements are any indication, our relationship with technology is going to get a whole lot closer. Technology could one day soon become regularly integrated with our biology to manage disease and augment human ability. Here were some of the biggest breakthroughs of the past year on the cyborg front.