{"id":111563,"date":"2020-08-18T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/how-well-become-cyborgs-and-extend-human-potential-hugh-herr"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:18:59","slug":"how-well-become-cyborgs-and-extend-human-potential-hugh-herr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/how-well-become-cyborgs-and-extend-human-potential-hugh-herr","title":{"rendered":"How we\u2019ll become cyborgs and extend human potential | Hugh Herr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLk8Pm_XBJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable talk, he details \u201cNeuroEmbodied Design,\u201d a methodology for creating cyborg function that he\u2019s developing at the MIT Media Lab, and shows us a future where we\u2019ve augmented our bodies in a way that will redefine human potential \u2014 and, maybe, turn us into superheroes. \u201cDuring the twilight years of this century, I believe humans will be unrecognizable in morphology and dynamics from what we are today,\u201d Herr says. \u201cHumanity will take flight and soar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out more TED Talks: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\">http:\/\/www.ted.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world\u2019s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design \u2014 plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more.<\/p>\n<p>Follow TED on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TEDTalks\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TEDTalks<\/a><br \/> Like TED on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TED\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TED<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable talk, he details \u201cNeuroEmbodied Design,\u201d a methodology for creating cyborg function that he\u2019s developing at the MIT Media Lab, and shows us a future where we\u2019ve augmented our bodies in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1499,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-cyborgs","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}