Artificial heart keeps patient alive for 100+ days before transplant
The Guardian - 11-Mar-2025The device mimics real heart function and could change heart failure treatment
Augmentation
Staying healthy long enough for radical life extension to become a reality is like to involve body augmentation as drugs and healthy living will only get us so far. So human body interventions are likely to be needed such as replacement organs and body parts, or even external augmentation such as exoskeletons to keep us mobile.
Read more about: Artificial Organs, Biohacking, Brain Interface, Exoskeleton, Nootropics, Prostheses, Vision.
Augmentation News
Bionic breakthrough: A prosthetic hand that feels and adapts like a human
Johns Hopkins Medicine - 05-Mar-2025Scientists at Johns Hopkins have developed a hybrid robotic hand with advanced touch sensors
Subsense unveils non-surgical brain-computer interface with $17m boost
MassDevice - 18-Feb-2025Nanoparticles power a new era of brain-computer interaction
Neuralink’s first human patient: A glimpse into the mind-controlled future
The Guardian - 08-Feb-2025A brain implant lets a quadriplegic man control a computer—sparking both hope and concern
Augmentation Resources
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Edi - Endorphin Dealer Institute
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Endorphin spirits trigger feelings of pleasure, without the downsides of alcohol
Beyond Limits: The Enhanced Games and the Future of Superhumanity
24-Jan-2025
Event exploring the cutting-edge world of superhuman abilities and the future of human enhancement organised by OSAL (FREE, Oxford UK)
To Be a Machine
The book speaks about the use of technology to enhance human intellectual and physical capability written by Mark O'Connell
HVMN
Company that manufactures and sells a ketone ester drink, products supporting a ketogenic diet, and nootropic supplements.
16-Jun-2022
Exhibitor highlights from Health Optimisation Summit 2022
I spoke with providers of supplements, CBD, trackers, drinks, and health apps
09-Jun-2022
Speaker highlights from Health Optimisation Summit 2022
Talks covered genetics, stem cells, photobiomodulation, psychedelics and the circadian rhythm
26-Feb-2020
Impli Implantables Presents at London Futurists
Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch talked about the history and future in implant technology
02-Sep-2019
Nexus Book Review (Ramez Naam)
A thought-provoking book with the same thorough detail given to the near future as Iain M. Banks does to the far future culture universe.
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