TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: 576 Pixels is 576 Times Better than Blind (GALLERY)

Jul 312012
 
TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: 576 Pixels is 576 Times Better than Blind (GALLERY)

A new device gives the blind 576 pixels of vision, and that’s awesome. But this and other developments herald the infancy of something much more profound: Having your healthy, functional eyes removed and replaced with something far better. HOT DAMN!

 July 31, 2012  Posted by at 3:25 AM Aging Society, Bioengineering, Bionic, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Neurology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Your Spinal Cord Might Have its Own Agenda

Jun 042012
 
TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Your Spinal Cord Might Have its Own Agenda

Obviously this makes zombies seem a lot more doable and calls into question the effectiveness of the “You just gotta destroy the brain” contingency, but of equal importance is the possibility of novel treatments for those with traumatic spinal injuries.

 June 4, 2012  Posted by at 11:03 PM Cybernetics, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Manifesting Star Trek, Part-1 (THE GOOD): 700mph Needleless Drug Injections!

May 292012
 
Manifesting Star Trek, Part-1 (THE GOOD): 700mph Needleless Drug Injections!

There’s an obvious relationship between the consumption of sci-fi and technological inspiration, i.e., the inspiration of fi often leads to some really awesome sci. But there’s also a dark side, and it can throw a memetic monkeywrench into an entire paradigm…

 May 29, 2012  Posted by at 10:52 PM CareBots, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Star Trek, Technology

TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Pre-Exoskeleton Mobility is Still Very Awesome

Apr 092012
 
TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Pre-Exoskeleton Mobility is Still Very Awesome

The goddamn wheelchair has gone essentially unimproved upon for more than 100 years. But now, AMS Mekatronik, surprisingly not a Kraftwerk tribute band, has dropped the Tek RMD. Wheelchairs are running scared. I mean rolling scared.

 April 9, 2012  Posted by at 9:37 PM Aging Society, Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Multimedia, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Work, Terminal Anachronism, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots

BBC’s Bionic Bodies Series Continues (UPDATED)

Mar 132012
 
BBC’s Bionic Bodies Series Continues (UPDATED)

The BBC is assembling a very respectable compendium on the past, current, and possible future states of bionics, or cybernetics, or human augmentation, or just, you know, the modular nature of future human bodies.

 March 13, 2012  Posted by at 10:39 AM Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Multimedia, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already
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