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Apr 10, 2018

Brain implants put paralyzed man back in touch with himself

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience

Researchers at Caltech have induced a range of sensations in the arm of a paralyzed man. The breakthrough comes courtesy of electrodes implanted in the brain, which stimulated the neurons to produce different feelings depending on the type of electrical signals. The team says the research could eventually lead to advanced prosthetic limbs that allow users to feel realistic sensations through them.

Plenty of exciting research is being conducted to help paralyzed people regain control of and feeling in their limbs. The NeuroLife system has helped a quadriplegic man move his arms again using just his thoughts, allowing him to perform a number of actions. Electrical nerve stimulation, both with and without electrode implants, has helped several people voluntarily move their legs again, often for the first time in years.

In this new study, Caltech researchers implanted two tiny arrays of electrodes into the somatosensory cortex, the small region of the brain responsible for the body’s sensations of movement or position, as well as cutaneous sensations such as touch, pressure and vibration.

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Apr 10, 2018

Contact Lens Kinda Makes You Cyborgy

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, cyborgs

This one’s kinda hard to swallow so take a deep breath, open your minds, and pretend it’s 2100. I CONTACT is essentially a mouse fitted to your eyeball. The lens is inserted like any other normal contact lens except it’s laced with sensors to track eye movement, relaying that position to a receiver connected to your computer. Theoretically that should give you full control over a mouse cursor. I’d imagine holding a blink correlates to mouse clicks.

The idea was originally created for people with disabilities but anyone could use it. Those of us too lazy to use a mouse now have a free hand to do whatever it is people do when they sit at the computer for endless hours. I love the idea but there is a caveat. How is the lens powered? Perhaps in the future, electrical power can be harnessed from the human body, just not in a Matrix creepy-like way.

Designers: eun-gyeong gwon & eun-jae lee.

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Apr 9, 2018

Military-Funded Study Successfully Tests ‘Prosthetic Memory’ Brain Implants

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, military, neuroscience

Scientists tested a brain implant that replicates short-term recall in patients with memory loss. It may have actually worked.

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Apr 7, 2018

A Brain-Boosting Prosthesis Moves From Rats to Humans

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, information science, neuroscience

An algorithm tailored to individual brain activity shows it can boost memory with electrical zaps.

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Mar 30, 2018

Robotic SKI exoskeleton Reservations

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI

Push Beyond Your Limits. Go Stronger, Longer, and Safer.

Experience the first of its kind robotic powered exoskeleton to superpower your knees during alpine skiing and snowboarding. The sensors and the software on the exoskeleton senses user intent and automatically adjusts torque at the knee via air actuators effectively mimicking the quadricep muscles. The device is fully programmable and automated but with manual overrides thus always keeping user in control.

Extend your ski day, access longer challenging terrain, make stronger turns, or simply enjoy the sport without the pain. All the while keeping your knees safer.

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Mar 22, 2018

TELEPATHIC superhumans could be a reality ‘within decades’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience

According toDr Eric Leuthardt, a brain surgeon at Washington University in St. Louis, neural prosthetics will become mainstream in the coming decades (stock image).

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Mar 11, 2018

Nvidia Inception’s AI health care startups cover neural interfaces to better MRI

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, health, robotics/AI, transhumanism

More than 200 artificial intelligence startups applied for Nvidia’s Inception contest, which seeks to identify the best AI startups. The company created the program to find new uses for its graphics processing units (GPUs), but it’s also hoping these startups will change the world.

So far, the company has identified more than 2,800 AI startups over the years through Inception. I listened to pitches from 12 finalists in a Shark Tank styled judging event last week. Each is competing to be one of three finalists to share the $1 million prize pool.

“We’re trying to enable our ecosystem of deep learning neural networks,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as he introduced a panel of four judges. The 12 semi-finalists gave their 8-minute pitches, six finalists were selected, and the final winners will be picked at the company’s GPU Technology Conference on March 27 in San Jose, California. They ranged from AI for bionic arms to faster, cheaper, and more accurate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

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Mar 10, 2018

TASKA redefines the limits of what a prosthetic hand can do

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs

It’s waterproof, dustproof, ultra-durable, and ready to amplify your life. TASKA makes it easier for you to do more. For more information, check out the product page on our site: https://hubs.ly/H0bf1t80

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Mar 5, 2018

In the near future, our grandparents might be sprightly with this robotic suit

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, life extension, military, robotics/AI

Intelligent Machines

The elderly may toss their walkers for this robotic suit.

An early prototype of a soft exoskeleton that helps you walk could prove useful for the military and the aging population.

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Mar 3, 2018

These ‘cyborg legs’ help people with spinal injuries walk again

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI

‘Cyborg legs’ you can control with your MIND could help people learn to walk again after spinal injuries…


There could soon be real-life cyborgs walking among us.

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