The Telegraph reports:
Peter Scott-Morgan stands, wide-eyed and tearful. “Good. Grief.” he says quietly. “I was unprepared for the emotion… It’s quite extraordinary. It really is.” Using an exoskeleton, Scott-Morgan is experiencing what it is like to stand for the first time in months after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017, the same incurable condition that killed scientist Stephen Hawking….
Tag: cyborg
Human-like cyborg eye could power itself using sunlight
A spherical, solar-powered artificial eye is able to distinguish between different letters and could eventually be used as a visual aid for people who cannot see Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244128-human-like-cyborg-eye-could-power-itself-using-sunlight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cyborg grasshoppers have been engineered to sniff out explosives
The super-sensitive smelling ability of American grasshoppers has been used to create biological bomb sniffers, which could prove useful for security purposes Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233645-cyborg-grasshoppers-have-been-engineered-to-sniff-out-explosives/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cyborg jellyfish that swim at triple speed could help protect oceans
Jellyfish have been equipped with embedded electronics that let researchers remotely control their motion, and the next version could add sensors for monitoring ocean conditions Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231898-cyborg-jellyfish-that-swim-at-triple-speed-could-help-protect-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
US Army predicts cyborg soldiers by 2050
A new report has predicted the technologies that soldiers of the future will be equipped with on the battlefield. According to the Department of Defen… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/332458/us-army-predicts-cyborg-soldiers-by-2050…
‘Justice League’ Stars Demand Release of Director Zack Snyder’s Original Cut
“On the 2-year anniversary of DC and Warner Bros.’ Justice League, Wonder Woman and Batman themselves have joined fans’ calls for the release of director Zack Snyder’s cut of the much-maligned 2017 film,” reports Entertainment Weekly: Both Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot tweeted “#ReleaseTheSnyderCut” on Sunday, with Gadot also posting a photo of her character, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman… Affleck and Gadot…
World Pinball-Playing Record Broken During Gamers’ Livestreaming-for-Charity Event
haaz (Slashdot reader #3,346) tells us that history has just been made as part of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals annual online game-playing fundraiser, Extra Life: A man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is trying to play pinball long enough to break the standing Guinness World Record for Longest Marathon Pinball Play of 30 hours 10 minutes. He’s using Extra Life’s gaming/DIY fundraising…
Tokyo Offers $1 Billion Research Grant For Human Augmentation, Cyborg Tech
The Japanese government is offering researchers up to $1 billion to develop ambitious human augmentation and cyborg technologies. From a report: As reported by the Nikkei Asian Review, the government will soon invite researchers and academics to submit proposals in 25 areas, ranging from technologies which can support our aging bodies to environmental solutions that tackle industrial waste. An unnamed government…