Archive for the ‘cyborgs’ category: Page 102
Jan 18, 2017
It was nothing less than amazing speaking to the Masters Degree Program of Orthotics and Prosthetics at Eastern Michigan University today
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
I was able to demonstrate the Bebionic and its components while also hooking one of the students up to our small hand so they could get a taste of what it’s like to Bebionic. I also had the chance to demonstrate and speak on the importance of fitting patients with an ETD such as my Motion Control, Inc. from Fillauer to accompany the Bebion…ic hand.
We got to talk about the basic components of a myoelectric prosthesis as well as some of the advanced systems such as the Coapt Direct Control and Morph system from Infinite Biomedical Technologies, LLC. With all of the major advances in upper limb prosthetics in recent times it’s great to be part of this technology.
A big thanks to Wendy the program director and faculty for having me visit your program and for making me feel welcome. You have an amazing facility. I will be looking forward to revisiting the program this fall. Steeper Group Steeper USA.
Jan 15, 2017
Chinese humanoid robot turns on the charm in Shanghai
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: cyborgs, economics, finance, robotics/AI
“Jia Jia” can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked, and her creator believes the eerily life-like robot heralds a future of cyborg labour in China.
Billed as China’s first human-like robot, Jia Jia was first trotted out last year by a team of engineers at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Team leader Chen Xiaoping sounded like a proud father as he and his prototype appeared Monday at an economic conference organised by banking giant UBS in Shanghai’s futuristic financial centre.
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Jan 13, 2017
This Remarkable Robot Hand Is Worthy of Luke Skywalker
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, space, transhumanism
Most of today’s robot hands can perform easy tasks. They’re uber-practical grippers, simple and useful. But is it really so much to ask for robotic masterworks as dextrous as Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand in Star Wars? In short, yes, yes it is. It might have been a long time ago in a galaxy far far away—but most Star Wars tech is beyond us.
Still, it’s hard not to get in a Star Wars state of mind watching this beautiful robot hand engineered by Yale postdoc Joseph (Zhe) Xu and the University of Washington’s Emanuel Todorov.
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Jan 10, 2017
Meet Prosthesis, the terrifying 14ft-tall ‘anti-robot’ that runs 20mph
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Meet ‘Prosthesis’, the terrifying 14ft-tall ‘anti-robot’ that can carry a human and run over 20mph almost SILENTLY…
A 14-foot-tall exo-bionic racing robot could soon be tearing across the Nevada desert.
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Jan 8, 2017
Nerf Gun prosthetic for Bionico
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBUwX3G81ow&feature=youtu.be
Solving a big problem: how you can play nerf if you miss a hand? We got a solution.
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Jan 6, 2017
Researchers Create New, Self-Healing Artificial Muscles
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: cyborgs, materials
Jan 4, 2017
The Hypersuit: VR simulator uses exoskeleton to make you a ‘superhero’
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: cyborgs, virtual reality
The VR simulator that could turn you into a SUPERHERO: Hypersuit uses a movable ‘exoskeleton’ for virtual flight…
A virtual reality exoskeleton could soon allow you to ‘explore breathtaking universes’ without ever leaving your home.
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Jan 4, 2017
Soldiers of the future will be augmented and indestructible
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
Jan 2, 2017
America’s refusal to embrace gene editing could start the next Cold War
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, employment, genetics, military, neuroscience, transhumanism
New version of this out: https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/01/02/americas-r…-cold-war/ #transhumanism #biohacking
Unlike other epic scientific advances…the immediate effect of genetic editing technology is not dangerous. Yet, it stands to be just as divisive to humans as the 70-year proliferation of nuclear weaponry.
The playing field of geopolitics is pretty simple: If China or another country vows to increase its children’s intelligence via genetic editing, and America chooses to remain “au naturel” because they insist that’s how God made them, a conflict species-deep will quickly arise.
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