Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

Mar 192016
 
Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

There are million different angles to discuss here, but by far the most interesting idea is a gradual, mutual, acquisitional merger – the pending-yet-not-far-off arrival of homeostasis between biological and mechanical life.

 March 19, 2016  Posted by at 6:21 PM Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Japanese Exoskeleton Update: Does Team Skeletonics have new gear? (VIDEO)

Oct 282013
 
Japanese Exoskeleton Update: Does Team Skeletonics have new gear? (VIDEO)

We’ve been in love with Team Skeletonics’ human-powered exoskeleton for years, and all throughout, it’s pretty much been the same mechanical and aesthetic configuration. But it now looks like they’ve been refining in the background, and might be bringing something new out to play.

 October 28, 2013  Posted by at 12:43 PM Activelink Power Loader, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, Transhumanism, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Honda’s Got Robots, Sekisui’s Got Houses, and the Japanese Government has Cash

May 092013
 
Honda's Got Robots, Sekisui's Got Houses, and the Japanese Government has Cash

When a giant Japanese company that makes robots starts collaborating with a giant Japanese company that makes houses at the same time the Japanese government begins funding public robotics, awesomeness seems likely to follow.

 May 9, 2013  Posted by at 4:59 PM Aging Society, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, CareBots, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Honda, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Disability, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Robot Hand is Pouring Beer, Argument is Valid.

Nov 092012
 
Robot Hand is Pouring Beer, Argument is Valid.

Prosthetic maker RSLSteeper has been around for over 90 years, but marketing seems to be a relatively recent endeavor. Their Bebionic3 super awesome robotic hand is all over the tubes right now, but nobody knows from whence it came!

 November 9, 2012  Posted by at 9:54 AM Bionic, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

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

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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