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The 10 Best Videos Of Man (And Creature) Fused With Machines
1:40PM Sean Fallon | A spillover from last week’s Cyborg-a-thon, Wired has put together a list of the top 10 cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine. More »
Science
This Cyborg Life Gets Unplugged
7:06AM Mark Wilson | It’s time to wrap up last week’s theme, This Cyborg Life, a look into the future of the machine called Man. More »
Science
Can Your Body Be A Battery?
3:30PM Rosa Golijan | What if machines ran off biological fuel — blood sugar — from our bodies? Could we basically power gadgets on our increasing supply of body fat and Snickers bars? More »
Science
Cochlear Implants, Psychic Powers And Why Some People Reject The Bionic Life
8:00AM Anna Jane Grossman | There were some perks to dating a cyborg. More »
Science
Meet The British Man With The “Bionic Bottom”
5:00AM Jack Loftus | What better way to, um, end the This Cyborg Life theme week than a post about a British guy with a bionic butt? More »
Science
Careful, You’ll Poke An Eye Out With That Thing
2:30AM Jack Loftus | How might one repair a cyborg’s eye in the future? Why, with this handy eyeball-removing tool. How does one forget what’s seen in this image? Macallan 12 years, neat, that’s how. [Bloomers and Bows via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
Robots
10 Machines That Have Taken On Important Human Roles
8:00AM Sean Fallon | The idea behind a “cyborg life” is that we look to machines to take on critical, physical roles. These 10 machines illustrate how we have already begun passing the torch on tasks we are getting to lazy to do ourselves. More »
Science
Want To Upgrade Yourself? Head To The Bionic Body Shop
11:00AM Rosa Golijan
Vagus Nerve Stimulation: $US95,000. Deep Brain Stimulation: $US40,000. Sacral Nerve Stimulation: $US16,000. I don’t need most of these things (or even know what they are), but I’d still love a spending spree in the Bionic Body Shop. More »
QOTD
What Ability Would Be Your First Choice For Cyborg Enhancement?
9:00AM Sean Fallon | If you could enhance one ability with a machine implant what would it be? Before you say something about sex, consider all of the other amazing possibilities. More »
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