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

Buckyball Life Extension with a Side of Namesake

Apr 202012
 
Buckyball Life Extension with a Side of Namesake

Of course I’ve got no idea how that works, but I guess there’s something particularly badass about dissolving the magical C60, otherwise any old carbon sprinkled on my sandwich would make me live forever, right?

 April 20, 2012  Posted by at 8:14 PM Aging Society, Audio Posts, Buckminster Fuller, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Pure Science, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhuman, Transhumanism

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

Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50

Mar 072012
 
Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50

We are going to be redefining notions of life and intelligence and awareness and consciousness and pretty much every facet of human existence. Barring global cataclysm, of course.

 March 7, 2012  Posted by at 2:30 PM Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, 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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