Kevin Warwick

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Book "Turing's Imitation Game: Conversations with the Unknown", Kevin Warwick, Huma Shah, Cambridge University Press, 2016, United Kingdom

Book "Artificial Intelligence: The Basics", 2011

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Implants & Technology -- The Future of Healthcare? Kevin Warwick at TEDxWarwick

Published on Mar 22, 2012

Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET.

Kevin was born in Coventry, UK and left school to join British Telecom, at the age of 16. He took his first degree at Aston University, followed by a PhD and research post at Imperial College, London. He subsequently held positions at Oxford, Newcastle and Warwick Universities before being offered the Chair at Reading.

As well as publishing over 500 research papers, Kevin's experiments into implant technology led to him being featured as the cover story on the US magazine, Wired.
Kevin has been awarded higher doctorates (DSc) both by Imperial College and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, and has received Honorary Doctorates from Aston University, Coventry University, Bradford University and Robert Gordon University. He was presented with The Future of Health Technology Award in MIT, was made an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, and has received The IEE Senior Achievement Medal, the Mountbatten Medal and the Ellison-Cliffe Medal. In 2000 Kevin presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, entitled "The Rise of the Robots".

Kevin's research involves the invention of an intelligent deep brain stimulator to counteract the effects of Parkinson Disease tremors. The tremors are predicted and a current signal is applied to stop the tremors before they start -- this is to be trialled in human subjects. Another project involves the use of cultured/biological neural networks to drive robots around -- the brain of each robot is made of neural tissue.

Kevin is perhaps best known for his pioneering experiments involving a neuro-surgical implantation into the median nerves of his left arm to link his nervous system directly to a computer to assess the latest technology for use with the disabled. He was successful with the first extra-sensory (ultrasonic) input for a human and with the first purely electronic telegraphic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans.

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Cyborgs: A Personal Story | Kevin Warwick | TEDxCoventryUniversity

Published on Feb 20, 2016

In this talk, Kevin Warwick ask "Is everybody happy been human?" , he goes ahead to outline through numerous experiments how he has designed systems that connects with the human nervous system that improve his feeling and monitors his vitals.

Kevin Warwick is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. Due to his research involving himself as a self-experimenter he is called the world’s first Cyborg. Kevin was born in Coventry, UK and left school to join British Telecom. He took his first degree at Aston University, followed by a PhD and research post at Imperial College, London. He subsequently held positions at Oxford, Newcastle, Warwick and Reading Universities before joining Coventry. Kevin is a Chartered Engineer and has published over 600 research papers. He was featured as the cover story on the US magazine, ‘Wired’.

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Can we avoid becoming Cyborgs? | Kevin Warwick | TEDxReading

Published on Jun 8, 2016

A practical story of implants and growing brains. The tour emerges from the exciting field of Biohacking using NFC/RFID implants for tracing and monitoring and travels on to using magnetic implants for sensory enhancement. Then it delves into the world of brain growing using biological neurons, which are given a robotic body in which to move around. Finally the first human to have a Brain gate implant linking his nervous system to the internet tells of his unique experience of life as a cyborg.

Kevin Warwick is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University, England.
His main research areas are artificial intelligence, biomedical systems, robotics and cyborgs. Due to his research as a self-experimenter he is frequently referred to as the world’s first Cyborg. Kevin is a Chartered Engineer who has published over 600 research papers. His experiments into implant technology led to him being featured as the cover story on the US magazine, ‘Wired’.
He achieved the world’s first direct electronic communication between two human nervous systems, the basis for thought communication.
Another project extended human sensory input to include ultrasonics. He also linked his nervous system with the internet in order to control a robot hand directly from his neural signals, across the Atlantic Ocean.
He has been awarded higher doctorates (DSc) by Imperial College and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague and a further 9 Honorary Doctorates.