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Month: July 2016

Super You interview on Viewpoints hosted by Todd van der Heyden on CJAD 800 AM

Andy Walker, author of Super You, interviewed on syndicated radio Catch Andy’s two-part interview with national media personality Todd van der Heyden (also a host on CTV News Channel) on his syndicated radio show Viewpoints. Airs on CJAD in Montreal and then is carried on multiple stations across Canada. Play…

A robot took my job: How automation will drive unemployment, and freedom for the masses

This Farmbot (see video) is one of the technologies that are arriving at an accelerating pace that is going to change society – and the economy – at a fundamental level. It’s a disruptive technology that will let us fed a lot of people cheaply yet, put a lot of…

Video: Artificial sight is possible for the blind: Soon it will be augmented sight for you

How long before we bypass our mobile screen and pipe augmented reality directly into the retina or human brain so we can see it without a smartphone? The following is a blurb from Chapter 6 Franken-You: A Better Life Through Cyborg Technology of the book Super You on page 282. This…

Franken-fish: Scientists bio-print an artificial stingray from rat heart cells

Can you create  life on a printer? You can now. Scientists have created hybrid-life by engineering rat heart cells on a gold skeleton to create a beast that swims like a stingray. You could call it a “raybot”. This half animal, half machine can be guided through an obstacle course with…