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Sep 6, 2017
Startup unveils futuristic exoskeletons to help disabled kids walk
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI
The ‘Iron Man’ exoskeleton that can let disabled children walk again.
- Tréxō Robotics has created and exoskeleton that can help immobile kids walk
- It attached to walkers and is battery-powered to help them propel themselves
- It can help kids with Cerebral Palsy, Paraplegia, stroke, spine and brain injuries
By Sage Lazzaro For Dailymail.com
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Sep 3, 2017
Transhumanism and Libertarianism Are Entirely Compatible
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, economics, government, robotics/AI, sex, transhumanism, virtual reality
Article out by Ron Bailey at Reason Magazine that discusses #transhumanism and #libertarianism:
Kai Weiss, a researcher at the Austrian Economics Center and Hayek Institute in Vienna, Austria, swiftly denounced the piece. “Transhumanism should be rejected by libertarians as an abomination of human evolution,” he wrote.
Clearly there is some disagreement.
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Aug 31, 2017
A Bionic Lens Undergoing Clinical Trials Could Give You Superhuman Abilities In Two Years
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
Aug 31, 2017
AI Firm Focusing on Consciousness Publishes Frameworks
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: alien life, cyborgs, robotics/AI, singularity, transhumanism
AI Firm Focusing on Consciousness FINALLY Publishes Full Frameworks
- August 28, 2017 by Corey Reaux-Savonte on LinkedIn
London-based AI start-up REZIINE has published the entire explanation and framework design for the creation of consciousness in machines.
“Consciousness Illuminated and the Reckoning of Physics” – a 525-page document – features:
- The full explanation of consciousness and the AGI framework, including all designs, components, and algorithms;
- The roadmap to Artificial Super Intelligence;
- The AI genome for self-evolution; and
- A full-scale physics framework, complete with experiments and explanations.
Describing the compact definition of consciousness as “the ability to make illogical decisions based on personal values”, founder, Corey Reaux-Savonte, goes on to say:
If consciousness is the ability to make illogical decisions based on personal values, …
Read the full story at LinkedIN
Aug 25, 2017
These boots can help you reach outrageous speeds
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: cyborgs, transhumanism
Aug 23, 2017
Cyborg Bacteria Covered in Tiny Solar Panels Are Changing The Future of Clean Fuel
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: cyborgs, solar power, sustainability
In an effort to improve the efficiency of natural photosynthesis, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, has created cyborg bacteria.
These bacteria were trained to grow and cover their bodies with tiny semiconductor nanocrystals that act as efficient solar panels for harvesting sunlight.
Although most life on Earth relies upon photosynthesis as its source of energy, the process has a weak link: chlorophyll. Plants and other organisms use the green pigment to harvest sunlight during photosynthesis, but it is rather inefficient.
Aug 8, 2017
‘Alexa, I’m ready to walk’: Robotics company using Amazon’s AI to help control exoskeleton
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
It’s one thing to be wowed by Amazon’s Alexa and her ability to turn off Katy Perry, or turn on the lights. But what if the voice-activated artificial intelligence could help control a robotic device designed to help people walk?
That’s the hope of Bionik Laboratories, which announced Tuesday that it has integrated Alexa into its ARKE lower body exoskeleton. The product is in clinical development, and the future goal is for individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury or are otherwise severely impaired in their lower body to gain mobility such as standing and walking.
Aug 8, 2017
The Growing World of Libertarian Transhumanism
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: cyborgs, life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Transhumanists are curiosity addicts. If it’s new, different, untouched, or even despised, we’re probably interested in it. If it involves a revolution or a possible paradigm shift in human experience, you have our full attention. We are obsessed with the mysteries of existence, and we spend our time using the scientific method to explore anything we can find about the evolving universe and our tiny place in it.
Obsessive curiosity is a strange bedfellow. It stems from a profound sense of wanting something better in life—of not being satisfied. It makes one search, ponder, and strive for just about everything and anything that might improve existence. In the 21st century, that leads one right into transhumanism. That’s where I’ve landed right now: A journalist and activist in the transhumanist movement. I’m also currently a Libertarian candidate for California Governor. I advocate for science and tech-themed policies that give everyone the opportunity to live indefinitely in perfect health and freedom.
Politics aside, transhumanism is the international movement of using science and technology to radically change the human being and experience. Its primary goal is to deliver and embrace a utopian techno-optimistic world—a world that consists of biohackers, cyborgists, roboticists, life extension advocates, cryonicists, Singularitarians, and other science-devoted people.
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Aug 7, 2017
The Future of Politics Will Focus on Transhumanism
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, genetics, geopolitics, life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism
As one of the most visible 2016 presidential candidates—and now as a leading 2018 contender for Governor in California—Zoltan Istvan has been the “Science Candidate,” traveling around America to discuss the issues of transhumanism and radical longevity that are transforming humanity. Soon the issues of AI, genetic editing, designer babies, bionic organs, automation, and neural prosthetics will challenge and dominate political discourse. America must embrace radical science with bold polices.