Betterhumans. A very aspirational word for which the human species has progressed and struggled through several civilizations. An appropriate question would now be : Are we better humans ? . "Yes" would be the answer any person from the "Developed world" shall give upto a probability of 90 %. Such a ...

Trailer of ''Ciao Robot - The birth of Roboethics''. Ciao Robot is a documentary which deals with the relationship between science and society, between man and machine. (www.ciaorobot.org) Speaking of robots and ethics, here's a different twist. Thanks to member Churchill for the link.

Step inside the labs of Salt Lake City's technology company Sarcos, best known for their work developing a powered exoskeleton for the U.S. Department of Defense. It's still in development, of course, but Sarcos is definitely the farthest along, led by inventor and robots expert Stephen Jacobsen. Strap it on, go for a walk on the ...

Heath Calhoun lost both his legs in Iraq. Revolutionary new prosthetic legs allows him now to drive, swim, ski, run and pick up his children.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 3 vids. A groundbreaking heart failure study headed by Washington Hospital Center's Director of Cardiology, Leslie W. Miller, MD, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 30, 2007, gives new hope to those in advanced stages of heart failure. The study followed 133 heart failure patients ...

Cross posted from advancednano We are getting closer to cyborgs that are as strong and as fast as people. New rocket powered robotic arm is ten times more powerful than commercial versions available now. The prototype rocket powered mechanical arm can lift (curl) about 20 to 25 pounds – three to four times more than current commercial ...

I have recently been witten a series of Articles of interest to Enthusiasts of Transhumanism, Emergent technologies, Cryonics and others. These have originally been written in my blog "Cyborg Fantasies" . Here are some of the main ones in random order :     Think before you Freeze ! - A closer look at CryonicsShould ...

Cross posted from advancednano Michael Anissimov over at Accelerating Future discusses CNN polls that CNN presented as part of their future summit One facet of enhancement that is not controversial but is widespread is vision enhancement. In the further reading section, I refer to my past articles on other methods of enhancement which are ...

Crossposted from advancednano.blogspot.com Quote from Deathrace 2000. Machine Gun Joe VeTurbo: Frankenstein! You want Frankenstein? I'll give you Frankenstein! [Joe opens fire into the stands] From the times Online, the creation of insects (moths) whose flesh grows around computer parts – known from science fiction as ...

I read the very interesting article in last month's Wired describing the writer's experience of getting a brain implant to combat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. I kind of expect that sort of thing in Wired, but a few days later I ran across this first article of a series in the Vancouver Sun about a woman about to go through the whole ...