cyborgs

Canadian Cyborg Afraid Google’s Glass Design Might Be Whack

Google’s been pushing its Project Glass hard lately, with Sergey Brin wearing a pair everywhere and going so far as to call smartphones “emasculating“.


If We Ever Become Superhuman Cyborgs, This Is How It’ll Happen

Neural implants and biologically altered humans are the stuff of science fiction, but we’re teetering on the precipice of the promise of what lies just beyond our current scientific prowess. What’s going to happen when we make the first inroads to improving human function and intelligence through technological implants? When we’re all bionic men?


Vampiric Implants Siphon Clam Essence For Electrical Power

Tomtao juice, Bud Light, home electronics — is there anything clam won’t work well in? Everybody’s favourite bi-valve is now an essential part of an experimental engine — it’s the battery.


Vampiric Implants Turn Snails Into Tiny Recon Scouts

The idea of using insects and other small creatures as data-gathering devices has always been hampered by the need for short-lived external batteries. But what if you used the animal’s own metabolism to continuously power their sensors?


Now This Is How You Express Your Mac Love

And you call yourself an Apple fanboy? Dressing up like a mutton-chopped Steve jobs (true to life!) while your buddy tromps about in a cyborg suit comprised of vintage Mac parts — that’s showing your fandom.


Scientists Have Wired A Cockroach, Matrix-Style

Cripes, why don’t we just hand the planet over to the robots already. Things were bad with the self-controlling war machines and computers capable of destroying our greatest trivia minds, but now we’ve invented biological electricity harvesters. Might as well build a fleet of Squids while we’re at it.


Scientists Create Cyborg Rats To Combat Brain Damage

Strokes and Parkinson’s Disease can cause irreparable damage to your grey matter. However, one controversial experiment aims to replace the function of those damaged areas with neural microchips.


The Weirdest Thing We’ve Seen At CES (So Far)

This amazing cyborg — is he more man, or more machine? — will haunt our dreams, and so much more.


The Inhuman Anatomy Of RoboCop

Well, that answers a burning question: There is no RoboCock.


The Cyborg Fly Project Guides Robot Through Obstacle Course

By tricking a fruit fly into thinking it was flying using an array of LEDs, researchers used the fly’s wing movements to steer a robot through an obstacle course. There’s video, so you can check out this cyborg fly for yourself.