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Bionics in Real Life

Posted by Marco Monfils in biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism

Jul 24
2018

Impressive.

Controlling prosthetic limbs through the power of thought and AI.

The Cyborgs Are Here: Researchers Put Living Cells In A Robotic Finger

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in 3D printing, cyborgs, robotics/AI

Jul 15
2018

Researchers have created a biohybrid robot finger, a tiny device that combines 3D-printed parts with living muscle tissue.

Artificial Intelligence And Prosthetics Join Forces To Create New Generation Bionic Hand

Posted by Dan Kummer in biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism

Jul 15
2018

“Our main goal is to let patients control them as naturally as though they were their biological limbs,” says Professor Dario Farina from Imperial College.

A team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Göttingen have teamed up to create a ‘next generation’ bionic hand. This bionic hand is special because it uses artificial intelligence to improve its functionality.

Artificial skin grown from spider silk could help heal wounds

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, cyborgs

Jul 14
2018

Wounds and burns could one day be treated by the material spiders use to make their webs.

Exoskeleton that allows humans to work and play for longer

Posted by Steve Nichols in cyborgs

Jul 9
2018

https://paper.li/e-1437691924#/

Would you put on an exoskeleton that meant you could run for an entire day without getting tired?

What about one that would allow you to stay on your feet longer at work?

The technology to give people superhuman strength is currently being developed but the ethical questions about whether we should be developing it and in what circumstances it should be used, are only just beginning to be asked.

A Conversation on Cyborgism: An Interview with U.K. Cyborg Neil Harbisson

Posted by B.J. Murphy in cyborgs

Jul 8
2018

My grandparents’ generation saw the arrival of technology in peoples’ homes; my parents’ generation saw the arrival of technology in people’s lives; and the current generation is seeing the arrival of technology in peoples’ body.

Neil Harbisson goes into his goals and aspirations to unlock the potential of humanity and awaken a new age of cyborgism with the help of emerging technologies.

What will humans look like in a million years?

Posted by Amberley Levine in biological, cyborgs, evolution

Jul 7
2018

To understand our future evolution we need to look to our past.

Will our descendants be cyborgs with hi-tech machine implants, regrowable limbs and cameras for eyes like something out of a science fiction novel?

Might humans morph into a hybrid species of biological and artificial beings? Or could we become smaller or taller, thinner or fatter, or even with different facial features and skin colour?

Exosuit to assist elderly mobility will be in stores

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in cyborgs, robotics/AI

Jul 7
2018

Seismic is combining clothing and robotics into what they call Powered Clothing™. They aim to get exosuits into stores by the end of 2018 in the US, Japan and the UK.

Interviews with Arie (Bionic technique) and Zoltan (Transhumanist)

Posted by Zoltan Istvan in cyborgs, transhumanism

Jul 4
2018

FOR MY ENGLISH WATCHERS!

Future Flux Festival 2018 was a blast!

In this vlog 2 interviews with Arie (Experience expert bionic technique) and Zoltan (Transhumanist and ran ran for the Presidency of the United States 2016) about techniques which will be the a normal thing future!

What is happening?

Becoming a Cyborg: From Disabled to More-Than-Able

Posted by B.J. Murphy in biological, cyborgs

Jul 2
2018

In the famous sci-fi TV show Battlestar Galactica, John Cavil, a Cylon that appeared human, went on an epic rant that forever changed my perception of biology and my own biological substrate.

MIT rockstar Hugh Herr delivers another TED talk, only this time revealing a major breakthrough that’ll unleash a brave new future of cyborgs!