Article "The Future of Wearables Is Implanted"
by Cate Lawrence
February 19, 2016
Cyborg rats navigate maze and complex terrain
Published on Feb 10, 2016
Chinese scientists created intelligence-augmented rat cyborgs controlled via a wireless micro-stimulator. Using a computer, electric stimuli can be delivered into the rat's brain through implanted electrodes. The experimental results show that cyborg rats perform better in escaping from mazes. Researchers believe the novel cyborg intelligent system (rat cyborg) has great potential in various applications, such as search and rescue in complex terrains.
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Intelligence-Augmented Rat Cyborgs in Maze Solving
Yipeng Yu, Gang Pan , Yongyue Gong, Kedi Xu, Nenggan Zheng, Weidong Hua, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Zhaohui Wu
PLoS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147754
Body mods - what it's really like to get a magnet implant
Published on Apr 19, 2016
Body mods can be like giving yourself a super power, or joining the singularity, or...like risking a serious infection. Would you mod your body? One writer did, and he shares what he learned in the process!
Kim Horcher and special guest Leo Camacho (Host, Web Personality, Actual Disney Prince) discuss!
Will robots be made of living tissue?
Published on Aug 24, 2016
Making robots that move like living things is hard. Why not make robots out of living things?
Although biomimicking robots may be the wave of the future, our technology isn't quite there yet. Until we make a few major breakthroughs in shrinking and powering portable mechanical parts, there's just no way that our robots can compete with the movement we see in swimming bacteria or rippling muscles.
This is where an old adage comes in: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In this case, literally join the two together: Some researchers are incorporating living tissue into robotic designs.
The Cyborg Artist: Tattooing with a custom prosthesis
Published on Nov 8, 2016
"The cyborg artist – tattoo machine arm prosthesis"When JC Sheitan Tenet lost his right arm, he didn’t lose his will to make incredible tattoos. In fact, working without an arm gave his work more meaning. Then Tenet met artist Jean-Louis Gonzal, who creates spellbinding “biomechanic” works, and the two brainstormed a remarkable custom prosthetic tattoo machine. The device can pivot 360 degrees and allows Tenet to create abstract designs unlike anyone else.
This Great Big Story was made in partnership with Lenovo
by Pedro Umbelino
January 4, 2017
Cyborg Performance Art
Published on Feb 7, 2017
The Creators Project visits the Konvent, a monastery-turned-avant-garde art space in Spain, to meet two artist cyborgs.
Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson have received electronic implants that heighten their perception, allowing Neil to hear color, and giving Moon the ability to feel the Earth's seismic activity. At the Konvent, they use these unique extra-human abilities to create a musical performance.
Cyborg chicken
Published on Apr 29, 2017
I made this "cyborg" out of real chicken bones. The claws are actual chicken claws (got them at a pet store.. I guess dogs chew on them). This is running on an MSP430 microcontroller with all the code written in Java (compiled with Java Grinder). I'll post a link to my website later with more information (there's more to come really).
Published on Jan 23, 2017
"Parasitic Robot Steers Live Turtle With Tasty Snacks"The video of control the following behavior of turtle by parasitic robot. We developed a parasitic robot for turtle to achieve a waypoint navigation task in a water tank using operant conditioning. After training sessions over five weeks, the robot could successfully control the direction of movement of the trained turtles in the waypoint navigation task. This movie file is one of the sample for the test of navigation performance of parasitic robot. In this test, the parasitic robot control the turtle over 6m during 42 seconds.
by Evan Ackerman
May 23, 2017
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