Are You Transhuman?

May
15th

Wed

cyborgorgy:

alexob: DIY bionics - making kids smile again.
See the joy in Liam’s eyes as he is grasping a ball with his right hand for the first time. By the time this cute fellow grows up, he will have a bionic hand that will be connected to his neural-system and be indistinguishable from his biological body; but for now all Liam cares about is being able to play ball.

alexob: DIY bionics - making kids smile again.

See the joy in Liam’s eyes as he is grasping a ball with his right hand for the first time. By the time this cute fellow grows up, he will have a bionic hand that will be connected to his neural-system and be indistinguishable from his biological body; but for now all Liam cares about is being able to play ball.

Dec
1st

Sat

A novel thought-controlled prosthesis for amputees | KurzweilAI

Nov
12th

Mon

Stanford’s touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself

Nov
5th

Mon

Amputee uses thought-controlled bionic leg to climb 103 flights of stairs to top of skyscraper

Oct
31st

Wed

Except in the future, genetic doping or nano-robots or cellular prosthetics or worse will cause cycling fans to regard our era as quaint, the way we think of la bomba—a vial of amphetamine, caffeine, and other substances handed up to riders in the last kilometers of a race in the time of Fausto Coppi. “Remember,” those future fans will say as they agonize over the subbing in of a clone during a rest day, “when all they did was transfuse their own blood and inject medicine that let them carry more oxygen? Remember when the 100-percent human Lance Armstrong won seven Tours?

— Bicycling Magazine

Oct
16th

Tue