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.
Resources
Ellen Jorgensen opened Genspace, a nonprofit DIY bio lab in Brooklyn devoted to citizen science
Seismic produces and develops custom garments with flexible electric motors built in that help the wearer with everyday tasks.
Company that manufactures and sells a ketone ester drink, products supporting a ketogenic diet, and nootropic supplements.
Augmentation Blog Posts
Impli Implantables Presents at London Futurists
26-Feb-2020 Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch talked about the history and future in implant technology
Nexus Book Review (Ramez Naam)
02-Sep-2019 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.
Action Man bionic eyes coming to an opticians near you soon
26-Feb-2015
Chip sandwich anyone? Human on a chip and chip on a cell
06-Feb-2015
Machine controls human - next step an app to define yourself
27-Jan-2015
Recent News
A visual prosthesis to help blind people
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) - 20-Nov-2020
Will stimulate the visual cortex to perceive light and create images
Read more...Scientists connect brains and computers through veins
Independent - 04-Nov-2020
A less invasive approach of brain-computer interface than Neuralink
Read more...A potential therapy for blinding retinal diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - 03-Nov-2020
Researchers engineer novel protein that restores vision in blind mice via gene therapy
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