Pacemaker: a small medical device implanted under the skin (or, if it’s the latest model, inside the heart) in a cardiac patient, whose mission is to send rhythmic electrical signals …
Road? Everywhere!
Feeling on their backs the hot breath of the energy paradigm shift in the capitalist world— and thus their own petro-decline— and with nothing to do with the mountains of …
Attention to nature
Whoever is tired of “natural” jellyfish may not be thrilled. Still, the robotic jellyfish from German company Festo was impressive. Perhaps it isn’t the most technically challenging build the firm …
the product is you!
The “social networking”, its platforms and companies, have taken over the field of social relations from the outset; primarily in the developed world, but not exclusively there. Customs and traditions …
Through the prayers…
If you show up “unprepared,” the great bouncer at the gates of the after-live will find a problem with your papers and you may end up in some limbo state, …
struggle for the rights of cyborgs? It exists, it exists…
In March 2013, the annual Emerge conference took place at Arizona State University (ASU), focusing on the future that technological development holds for humanity. That year’s conference title was “the …
Genetic improvement
Those interested in reflecting on the “ethical risks” of the 3rd and 4th industrial / technological revolutions (and there are many such people, “experts” or not) should go ahead: it …
DIYbio: self-improvement in the 21st century
One would assume that biohackers are a marginal cosmopolitan phenomenon, some “geeks” here and there. Indeed, numerically speaking, biohackers may be few in number, for now. Ideologically, however, biohacking indicates …
auto-shopping
You shouldn’t just pass it by with indifference. It’s a robotic shopping cart for the supermarket. If you input the right codes, it can “shop on its own.” It can …
portable, wearable, subcutaneous: the body as a motherboard
When the Swedish Epicenter (“incubator / greenhouse” for more than 100 startups in Stockholm) began planting passive microchips (RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification) in its employees at the beginning of 2017, …
The absolute battery!
Even a few years ago it would belong to the repertoire of “science fiction”. Not anymore. Especially since something like this was urgently needed. A research team from Hong Kong, …