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Jul 26, 2015

Children With Prosthetics Could Soon Be Creating Their Own Lego Attachments

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs

Imagine being able to snap a mechanical digger or a Star Wars spaceship onto the end of your arm. With the next level of prosthetic designs from Lego, this could soon be a playtime reality for kids with prosthetic limbs.

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Jul 19, 2015

Google Futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks we’ll all be cyborgs by 2030 — Guia Marie Del Prado — Business Insider

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, Ray Kurzweil

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Imagine accessing Wikipedia just by thinking about it. It sounds like science fiction now, but futurist and Google engineer Ray Kurzweil thinks that reality is just a few years away.

At the Exponential Finance conference on June 3, he predicted that humans will be cyborgs by 2030, according to CNNMoney. Read more:

Jul 15, 2015

One day soon, amputees will be able to control their prosthetic limbs with their minds.

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs

One day soon, amputees will be able to control their prosthetic limbs with their minds. http://voc.tv/1cRrjAQ.

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Jul 9, 2015

10 Futuristic Weapons That Will Change Modern Warfare

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, futurism, military

Invisibility cloaks, cyborg insects, laser beam weapons…you name it, it’s probably secretly being development as you read this right now. Advances in modern weaponry have leapt straight out of science fiction films and into military reality. The US Military budget for 2016 is $786.6 billion. With that kind of spending, it’s not surprising that there have been some insane recent advancements. Here is a list of the 10 most futuristic weapons that will change modern warfare for ever.

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Jul 7, 2015

Japan’s population is so old that elderly workers are getting robot exoskeletons so they never have to retire

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI

I could use one of these right now.

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Jul 4, 2015

Would We Get Bionic Limbs?

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, humor, transhumanism

I just discovered that a second 12-min video on transhumanism was done by YouTube personalities Rhett and Link on Good Morning MORE. This one explores transhumanism in a balanced but humorous way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYbcxeXn88

Their first transhumanism video on Good Mythical Morning is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PF99LtBLQ

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Jul 2, 2015

World’s first ‘feeling’ prosthetic leg revealed

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs

Austrian researchers develop artificial limb which can solve problem of phantom pain.

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Jun 29, 2015

The Future of Superhuman Technology

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, futurism, neuroscience, transhumanism

I’m excited to share this 12-min video on transhumanism and my presidential campaign (at 7 min mark). This video just came out, but the Good Mythical Morning (with over 7 million YouTube subscribers) videos often get over 1 million views and 3,000+ comments. This will likely be one of the most popular videos on transhumanism this year, and it’s really funny!

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Jun 24, 2015

3 New Kinds of Battery That Just Might Change the World

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, energy, futurism

The search for smaller and more powerful batteries continues.

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Jun 17, 2015

UK woman can ride bike for first time with ‘world’s most lifelike bionic hand’

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, transhumanism

Nicky Ashwell, 29, from London, can now carry out tasks with both hands for first time with hand developed by prosthetic experts Steeper

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