Cybathlon is a cyborg-friendly competition for parathletes.
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This Computerized Exoskeleton Could Help Millions of People Walk Again
The ReWalk is the first bionic exoskeleton approved by the FDA for personal use. Here’s the story of how it came to be.
Transhumanist running for US president: Religion holding back science
BBC article on transhumanism that also tackles the issue of trying to get more women involved in the movement:
Zoltan Istvan is running for US president.
Hacking sleep: Meet the transhumanists making sleep obsolete
Not everyone wants to sleep in. A growing transhumanism community wants to sleep less, and better, and they’re going to great lengths to make it happen.
For those unaware, transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that aims to improve the human condition, to push beyond our biological limitations, largely through technological advancements. They’re particularly focused on extreme longevity. But with treatments for an extended healthy life still works in progress (and playing out on a very long timeline), some transhumanists have turned their attention to sleep.
The average well-rested person sleeps eight hours a day. The average American lives 79 years. That’s a little more than just 50 years being awake. Life is much shorter than you realized — at least if you agree with your typical sleep-hacker that sleeping is wasted downtime.
Will You Join the Transhuman Evolution?
DLD (Digital-Life-Design) is a global network on innovation, digitization, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and influencers for crossover conversation and inspiration.
DLD Magazine: “Will You Join the Transhuman Evolution?”,
DLD (Digital-Life-Design) is a global network on innovation, digitization, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and influencers for crossover conversation and inspiration.
Future Transhumanist Tech May Soon Change The Definition Of Disability
My first article for TechCrunch. The story is on disability & transhumanism:
Radical technologies around the world may soon overhaul the field of disability and immobility, which affects in some way more than a billion people around the world.
MIT bionics designer Hugh Herr, who lost both his legs in a mountain climbing accident, recently said in a TED Talk on disability, “A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitation, but can transcend disability through technological innovation.”
His words are coming true. Around the world, the deaf hear via cochlear implants, paraplegics walk with exoskeletons and the once limbless have functioning limbs. For example, some amputees have mind-controlled robotic arms that can grab a glass of water with amazing precision. In 15 or 20 years, that bionic arm could very well be better than the natural arm, and people may even electively remove their biological arms in favor of robotic ones. After all, who doesn’t want to be able to do a hundred pull ups in a row or lift the front end of a car up to quickly change a flat tire?
Transhumanists are on a quest to discover eternal life. Is the citizen science they use the future of technology?
Interesting article in The Telegraph on biohacking and recent Grindfest, where the Immortality Bus stopped:
Immortality aside, DIY “bio-hacking” could provide solutions to everyday problems, despite the risks involved.
6 billionaires who want to live forever
A growing number of tech moguls are trying to solve their biggest problem yet: aging.
From reprogramming DNA to printing organs, some of Silicon Valley’s most successful and wealthy leaders are investing in biomedical research and new technologies with hopes of discovering the secret to living longer.
And their investments are beginning to move the needle, said Zoltan Istvan, a futurist and transhumanist presidential candidate.