Cameras

Meet Neil, A Real-Life Cyborg Who Hears Colours

Twenty-eight-year-old Neil Harbisson has achromatopsia, which means he only sees in black and white. You’ll notice in his photo however, that he’s wearing a camera mounted to his head. This converts colours into soundwaves – making him “hear” colours.


November 17, 2009
Science

This Cyborg Life Gets Unplugged

It’s time to wrap up last week’s theme, This Cyborg Life, a look into the future of the machine called Man.


November 16, 2009
Science

Can Your Body Be A Battery?

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?


Science

Cochlear Implants, Psychic Powers And Why Some People Reject The Bionic Life

There were some perks to dating a cyborg.


Science

Meet The British Man With The “Bionic Bottom”

What better way to, um, end the This Cyborg Life theme week than a post about a British guy with a bionic butt?


Science

Careful, You’ll Poke An Eye Out With That Thing

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]


November 15, 2009
Gadgets

The Enhanced Human, SkyMall Style

I am ashamed of two things. 1) That in our quest for the cyborg life, we were beaten to the punch by SkyMall, and 2) that none of the following products are fake.


Science

How Mobile Phones Are Changing Our Brains

We’ve spent a lot of time this week discussing how we can use technology to change our bodies. But according to new research, one of the gadgets we rely on daily is already having a measurable effect on our brains.


Science

Normal Was Never Cool: Inception Of Perception

Last year I met a beautiful five-year-old child, who had been born with neurofibramatosis (NF), causing her left leg to have extremely brittle bones.


November 14, 2009

There Shouldn’t Be A GPS Tracking System In My Lingerie

I’m all for naughty, oh-come-treat-me-like-a-bad-girl-tonight scraps of lace. What I’m not such a fan of is trashy oh-come-follow-me-using-the-built-in-GPS lingerie. I don’t care if it’s pretty, frilly designer lingerie. It’s got a damn tracking system embedded in the fabric.