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Jan 28, 2016
Australian Scientists Will Soon Begin Trials for a Fully Implantable Bionic Eye
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism
Finally. Bionic eye technology that could give sight back to millions of individuals worldwide is set to start trials.
Adding to the recent buzz surrounding the development of bionic eye systems is news of scientists from Australia who are set to begin trials on The Phoenix99 bionic eye—a fully implantable system that marks a significant breakthrough in neural stimulation technology.
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Jan 27, 2016
David Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
What drove David Sengeh to create a more comfortable prosthetic limb? He grew up in Sierra Leone, and too many of the people he loves are missing limbs after the brutal civil war there. When he noticed that people who had prosthetics weren’t actually wearing them, he set out to discover why — and to solve the problem with his team from the MIT Media Lab.
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Jan 22, 2016
Vancity Futures: The future of health
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, health, transhumanism
AR Surgery, bionic lens for better vision than 20/20, etc. Some really cool things are on the edge of becoming available for patients.
In the future of health, we look at how new technologies are revolutionizing the area of healthcare and wellness.
Jan 21, 2016
So The US Military Are Actually Working On A Way For Cyborg Soldiers To ‘Enter The Matrix’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, cyborgs, military
The US Military’s experimental research division DARPA have confirmed that they’re to begin work on the world’s first human computer interface. This would effectively allow soldier ‘cyborgs’ to connect directly to computers and ‘talk’ to them.
Jan 21, 2016
This Man Controls His Bionic Arm With His Brain
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism
Doctors rewired Johnny Matheny’s nerves to work directly with his new prosthetic arm, which works exactly like a real arm.
Jan 20, 2016
DARPA wants to build wetware so we can mind control computers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, electronics, engineering, neuroscience, supercomputing
Hot damn, our Ghost in the Shell future is getting closer by the day. DARPA announced on Tuesday that it is interested in developing wetware — implantable brain-machine interfaces (BMI) that will allow their users to control computers with their thoughts. The device, developed as part of the Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program, would essentially translate the chemical signals in our neurons into digital code. What’s more, DARPA expects this interface to be no larger than two nickels stacked atop one another.
“Today’s best brain-computer interface systems are like two supercomputers trying to talk to each other using an old 300-baud modem,” Phillip Alvelda, the NESD program manager, said in a statement. “Imagine what will become possible when we upgrade our tools to really open the channel between the human brain and modern electronics.”
The advanced research agency hopes the device to make an immediate impact — you know, once it’s actually invented — in the medical field. Since the proposed BMI would connect to as many as a million individual neurons (a few magnitudes more than the 100 or so that current devices can link with), patients suffering from vision or hearing loss would see an unprecedented gain in the fidelity of their assistive devices. Patients who have lost limbs would similarly see a massive boost in the responsiveness and capabilities of their prosthetics.
Jan 20, 2016
New Breakthrough Material: Graphene Elastomer is More Sensitive Than Human Skin
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, materials, robotics/AI
This new material is remarkably soft, and it could revolutionize robotics and prosthetics.
Researchers from the Monash University have discovered a new sponge-like material called graphene elastomer. This revolutionary material is expected to be used for robots designed to help take care of elderly people.
The graphene-based elastomer is exteremely sensitive to pressure and vibrations. Also called G-elastomer, the material has the ability to bounce back despite the pressure given to it. It is described to be very soft and elastic compared to other substances such as rubber or foam.
Jan 20, 2016
Bionic advances to defeat death
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: cyborgs, finance, life extension, transhumanism
Life extension story in Financial Times:
People have long dreamt of extending the human lifespan from the biblical “three score years and 10” (70) to reach Methuselah’s 969 and beyond.
Demographic statistics show remarkable progress in fending off death, at least in the developed world. In reality, average life expectancy in biblical times was not 70 but about 35 years. In Britain this rose to about 50 in 1900, 76 in 1990 and 82 today.
