Sheep have been domesticated for about 12,000 years. Sheep have also been cloned since 1996 – Dolly was the first mammal to undergo this procedure. But this news appeared in …
Transgenesis
They have been on this rotating rock called “Earth” long before us. They don’t bother anyone. They have the cute name “water bears” but at least 1,000 different species have …
Booster yourself!
The idea of the body (more precisely: of the immune system – at this stage) as a battery is a disgustingly silly and technocratic idea; however, precisely for this reason …
Finally, brain polyprize!
There are people deeply techno-religious, and there are others who pretend to be such because they are paid… as influencers… Both the former and the latter emerged from the opportunity …
New materials (new relations with the world…)
We know that although many will consider the following sophisticated, those who better not read it are the wannabe “scientists” of antisocial media. A very recent techno-scientific achievement can make …
Citius, Altius, Fortius… every day, all day… (health as continuous upgrading)
The invasion of hygiene over the past decades has been sweeping, encountering minimal resistance and making its appearance even under the guise of an alternativism that often indulges in hygienic …
Even greater convenience
This is the next step, it’s here, and it’s good to know. Because it has arguments in its favor; and the assets to become fashionable. In sweden, several thousand citizens …
singularity: technological fetishism and political economy in the 21st century
The concept of the “singularity” refers to the moment when technological evolution will result in producing an artificial super-intelligence, which will bring about unimaginable changes in human civilization. Some futurologists, …
Death is inevitable (for cyborgs and humans)
4 February 2018, Austin, Texas, final day of the annual BDYXAX summit (Human Augmentation, Transhumanism, and Biohacking conference). A canonical rendezvous for biohacking believers and advocates of “post-humanism.” On stage …
Terminator and Blade Runner: building cyborgs and humans
Making Cyborgs, Making Humans – Of terminators and blade runners by Forest Pyle is a chapter from the book The Cybercultures Reader (2000, Routledge editions), and we have included its …
Unchain my heart, baby let me go!
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 …
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 …