More than a human
► The Dress That Can Read Minds (3:08)
Pangolin is a 3d printed dress that can read its wearer’s brainwaves and change its shape in reaction to their mental state.
► Biotech: Human Modification and Augmentation (33:52)
In the future biotechnology may allows us repair, modify, or augment humans, but how will this be done? What will these technologies look like and should we embrace them, asks and answers Issac Arthur.
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More Than A Human
Paralympian runner Blake Leeper has been prevented from competing at the Tokyo Olympics, because his two prosthetic legs have been ruled to give him an unfair advantage. Blake Leeper wanted to emulate Oscar Pistorius’s feat of competing against able-bodied runners at the Olympics. …
More Than A Human
Issac Arthur examines what could happen when humanity moves into the future, travelling to other worlds and exploring genetics, AI, transhumanism, and cybernetics, and begins to diverge into a thousand post-human species.
Chinese firefighters received an exoskeleton that aims to help them tackle fires in grasslands and forests. …
More Than A Human
Scientists Completed the First Human Trial of a Wireless High-Bandwidth Brain-Computer Interface
A team from Brown University has shown that a wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) can record brain signals with the same fidelity as a wired device. The study builds on a prototype wireless transmitter designed by Brown engineers in 2014. …
More Than A Human
Neuralink showed a video of a monkey playing video games using their wireless fully implanted brain-computer interface. This has been teased some time ago by Elon Musk. Next steps for the monkey — Twitch and Discord.
Bio bags, robotic preemies, artificial wombs — all those things. which were seen only in science fiction just not that long ago, are becoming a reality. This article sheds light on…
More Than A Human
The Ultimate Incubator: The Brave New World of Bionic Babies
This article describes the current state and efforts in creating artificial wombs. Right now, this technology was proven to support sheep but the field is rapidly evolving. Researchers are looking into how artificial wombs could improve the odds of survival for premature infants but maybe soon we will see the first human born out of a machine.
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Aubrey de Grey: Methuselarity by 2035 — and it’ll be free
Here is an interview with Aubrey de Grey where he goes deeper into his claim that “there is a 50% chance that we will reach longevity escape velocity by 2036”, discussing how the research on mice can translate to humans, how it could work and why not giving access to these kinds of therapies to everyone would be…
More Than A Human
“There is a 50% chance that we will reach longevity escape velocity by 2036” — Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey de Grey, one of the leaders in anti-ageing research, stated in a recent tweet there is a 50% chance that by 2036 we will reach Methuselarity — a point in which rejuvenation therapies will be able to reverse ageing.
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Neuroprivacy as a Basic Human Right
Even though brain-computer interfaces for mass consumers are still some time away, some people raise concerns about protecting the privacy of our minds and what to do with the brain data. …
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I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it
Advanced prosthetic arms are cool until you get one. Britt H Young shares her experiences from using such an arm and why she…
