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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 more »
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 more »
In our book Super You, we explore the very real possibility of of connecting your brain to the Internet so that you can use the power of the Cloud to expand your ability to access information. This would likely be done using really tiny swimming robots that are the size more »
If you have been waiting for the babelfish (a universal translator) from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then wait no longer, because it has a arrived from Waverly Labs. Although it’s not a fish, but it does go in your ear. It’s called the Pilot. The Pilot comes with 2 earpieces. more »
Gino Tubaro wants to provide 3D printable prosthetic hands to anyone who wants one for free. Atomic Labs, his company, has designed a simple prosthetic hand that can be printed in 3-D by anyone with access to a 3D printer. Read more: [CLICK HERE]
Two hundred million years ago, our mammalian ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. This stamp-sized piece of tissue – when wrapped around a brain the size of a walnut – is the key to what humanity has become. Futurist and author Ray Kurzweil suggests, we should get ready more »
MyBasis is a new company out of Silicon Valley has developed a watch that tracks all your vital health info moment to moment. This allows you to get a detailed snapshot of your health with a control panel that paints a picture of your health. The handsome watch which comes more »
Want to enhance your vision with cyborg heads up display capabilities? Imagine a display built right into your contact lenses. That’s what scientists at Aalto University in Finland are working on. They have found a way to display a single pixel in a contact lens that receives a signal wirelessly. The more »
One trend toward a future of immortality is the fusion between human and machine: And to that end: Nissan Motor is working with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland on research into a brain-machine interface that someday may allow people to operate vehicles with their thoughts. More on more »
If there is any doubt that technology is making a difference for people, improving the quality of their lives and making things possible what were not possible before around their health, then see this video of a deaf woman hearing for the first time after an implant: Play Video P.S. more »