Archive for the ‘transhumanism’ category: Page 83
May 17, 2016
The bionic skin that can feel a tumor
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism
Nice!
Our skin is our largest organ. A gateway between our brain and the rest of the world.
Imagine then a scene where skin could communicate what’s going on inside a human body. It could inform surgeons, provide alerts when our body is about to fall ill, or even diagnose diseases inside another human being, simply through the sense of touch.
May 13, 2016
Bringing The Dead Back To Life — Reanima Project / Bioquark Inc. Media Coverage
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, cryonics, disruptive technology, futurism, health, life extension, neuroscience, transhumanism
Fox 29 — Good Day Philadelphia
http://www.fox29.com/140735577-video
NBC TV 10
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Tags: aging, Alzheimer's, biotech, biotechnology, Brain, brain death, brain research, cancer, coma, connectome, cryonics, Cryopreservation, Death, future, futurism, Immortal Life, immortalism, immortality, longevity, Medical Technology, Neuroscience, philosophy of mind, rejuvenation, research, resurrection, singularity, technology, transhuman, transhumanism
May 8, 2016
You Can “Feel” Your Fingers With This Bionic Arm
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
You Can “Feel” Your Fingers With This Bionic Arm
Researchers have built a bionic arm that allows patients to control and “feel” their individual fingers.
May 7, 2016
Purdue technology revolutionizes future of artificial limbs
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cyborgs, transhumanism
Expansion of BMI and Bionics has now come to Purdue University.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Researchers at Purdue have been working on technology that will help pave the way for the future people who use artificial limbs.
“The point of these research labs is to discover new technologies that we can translate into the real world and make the world a better place,” Purdue Center for Implantable Devices Director Pedro Irazoqui said.
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May 6, 2016
The transhumanist presidential candidate wants you to live forever
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
New story and video on transhumanism from Vocativ:
His name is Zoltan Istvan, and he’s running on the Transhumanist ticket.
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May 4, 2016
The surprising way Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan could make it to the White House
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: life extension, transhumanism
Interesting article by CNET, the leading tech site in traffic, on how a strong science, longevity, and technology platform could end up in Washington in 2016:
CNET exclusive: The only pro-immortality candidate could eventually team up with one of the big names in the race.
Apr 30, 2016
Google has a crazy idea for injecting a computer into your eyeball
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: augmented reality, computing, cyborgs, transhumanism
Not only Google; there is Huawei and their AR contacts and Samsung are also making AR Contacts. And, the news 3 weeks ago shows that Samsung has applied for their own patent.
Google has filed a patent for what sounds like a bionic eye.
A patent filed in 2014 and published Thursday describes a device that could correct vision without putting contacts in or wearing glasses everyday.
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Apr 30, 2016
Transhumanist rights are the Civil Rights of the 21st Century, says futurist Zoltan Istvan
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, transhumanism
My new article for Newsweek on the future of transhumanist civil rights:
Transhumanists like presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan believe a new civil rights age is looming.
Apr 25, 2016
The Opposing Leaders of the Transhumanist Movement Got Salty in a Debate
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in category: transhumanism
A write-up on a transhumanism debate at Harvard University by Vice Motherboard:
Transhumanist point-counterpoint.