4nomore.net » cyborg http://4nomore.net Musings of a memeplex - a mixture of thoughts, books, ... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:40:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 HandicappedToCyborg http://4nomore.net/2008/01/handicappedtocyborg/ http://4nomore.net/2008/01/handicappedtocyborg/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:28:00 +0000 admin http://4nomore.net/wordpress/2008/01/handicappedtocyborg/ Slashdot points to the story that a doubly amputated runner was disqualified from participating in the Olympics – because with his replacement limbs he might well be invincible!
I find that a fascinating story – when speaking about cyborgs one often things more in the future where computerized high-tech becomes part of (super-?) humans.
So, although I think there is a gradual road to cyborgism, and we are actually already quite some way on it, but I find this fascinating, as this is is happening right now, and even with non-computerized stuff possible!

]]> http://4nomore.net/2008/01/handicappedtocyborg/feed/ 0 Enhanced Senses: BodyHacking http://4nomore.net/2007/04/enhancedsenses-bodyhacking/ http://4nomore.net/2007/04/enhancedsenses-bodyhacking/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:17:00 +0000 admin http://4nomore.net/wordpress/2007/04/enhancedsenses-bodyhacking/ Very interesting Wired article about extending or adding senses to the human body: I very much like the idea – and would love to try it – of the belt of vibrating units always indicating the direction north called feelSpace. It seems that the body is able to learn to subconsciously translate the vibrations around the waist into a new ‘orientation sense’.

In a somewhat similar direction there is a fascinating talk by Quinn Norton (slides, video) about functional body hacking – which includes for example the (not recommended) implant of a small magnet into a fingertip – enabling a completely new sense of our environment. This also sounds pretty cool – I wonder whether one could get a similar new feeling by not implanting it, but always attach a small magnet to a fingertip?

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