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 …
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, …
Improve, or else lose!
You don’t want to improve your memory (whether neuroscientists figure out how it works or not); you don’t want to improve the “data processing” of your thinking; nor the speed …
It’s not what you think
It’s not a hand that was slightly injured somewhere. It’s a hand after the implantation of a microchip half the size of a toothpick, via a procedure that takes less …
The all seeing eye
In Neuromancer, Gibson’s novel that introduced the concept of cyberspace, the heroine who made the greatest impression on the audience was Molly Millions. A tough mercenary, cyborg, with a plethora …
familiarity count
A recent survey of 1,002 adults in England, on topics related to the (and technological) future, yielded answers that are quite interesting. – Although 60% to 72% (depending on the …
digital skin
It is unknown what boost the technology / industry of digital sexual intermediaries will receive from the “digital skin” that some technicians are preparing, but it is reasonable that such …
mechanic sex appeal
Man becomes, in a way, the sexual organ of the world of machines, like the bee in the plant world, allowing it to reproduce and develop new forms. The mechanical …
Human plus (human, very human…)
It could be considered as yet another expression of technofetishism. It could be considered a marginal phenomenon, one of many in postmodern times. It could, in extreme manifestations, be considered …
The pregnancy of the cyborg
…Here I want to interject an important element: words like Life, Purpose, and Soul are completely unsuitable in pure scientific thinking. These terms acquired their meaning because we recognize the …
“A Cyborg Manifesto”: thirty years later
Cyborgs are ether, the quintessence We are now traversing the sixth decade since the writings of Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline gave substance to the cyborg construct/artifact. Today, although it …
mj-plus
If you remember Michael Jackson – and who truly can forget him? – you might have wondered: what exactly was this amazing comet that once crossed the sky of spectacle? …