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U.S. Soldiers Need Brain Enhancers, Say Defense Department Scientists
The latest arms race will take place entirely inside the human mind. So say top scientists with the U.S. military, who have gotten quite a bit of government funding to explore things like memory-enhancing drugs, mind-reading binoculars, and brain-computer interfaces. Today Danger Room's Noah Shachtman reports on how the U.S. military's greatest fear these days, at least as it looks to the future, is losing the brain enhancement race to other nations that are creating souped-up super-soldiers. More »
primate augmentation
Monkey Feeds Itself With a Robotic Arm
A pair of monkeys at the University of Pittsburgh have taken a major step forward in futuristic prosthetics: they can now feed themselves by controlling a robotic arm with their brains. Using primitive brain implants that record activity in the primates' motor cortex, the monkeys showed they could manipulate a robotic arm to pick up marshmallows and other tasty treats. More »
anime
Sneak Peek at Cyborg War Romance 'Appleseed: Ex Machina'
We've already mentioned the John Woo-produced anime sequel Appleseed: Ex Machina and spoken with director Shinji Aramaki, but Warner Video was on hand at WonderCon, handing out a billion postcards to remind people that it comes out DVD on March 11th. They even had a screening of it on Saturday night during WonderCon, although it faced stiff competition from parties featuring costumed fans and tipsy publicity reps. If you missed that, then peek at the clip below and find out what the world of Appleseed is all about. More »
1:00 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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Latest by goldenthorn: I have nothing constructive in my comment because I am too busy salivating over this. more »
neuroscience fiction
Buy Yourself A Retconned Happy Childhood
People spend the GDP of Peru in therapy trying to cope with the crap that happened to them when they were kids. It's such a 20th century approach to childhood suckage. Maybe soon, we'll be able to pay to turn our childhoods happy retroactively. Click through for our roundup of ideas for making your childhood a happy one, retroactively, ranked by difficulty. (With time-travel being the hardest.) More »
found footage
Zontar! You're Slimy! Use Your Intellect on Me!
A crazy lady points her gun at a hulking thing and delivers a screaming speech right into the camera. Is it a Sam Fuller movie or a Fredric Hobbs movie? Can't decide? That's because it's the amazing Zontar: The Thing from Venus! All you need to know to understand this thrilling confrontation between lady and lump is that Zontar came from space and has been mind-controlling people into doing things like beating their wives and killing people. But now our hero has found him deep underground and is showing him who's boss. Everything about this scene makes my heart soar: the strange, porno-esque music as she winds her way underground, her kicky 1960s red shirt, and the sorry ragtag monster who looks different from shot to shot. In the immortal words of Courtney Love, this movie fakes it so real that it's beyond fake.
mad science
You Really Might Be Hearing Voices In Your Head
All those people who wear tin-foil hats to stop the government messing with their minds? Turns out that they've been right all along. Daniel Pinchbeck explains how in an article about remote emotion-control via "electromagnetic energy" in the work of Dr. Nick Begich. More »
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Must Read: Click
Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.Title: Click
Date: 1992-2002
Vitals: Claudia, a super hawt rich girl, has a device implanted that makes her sexuality remote-controllable. A creepy man uses that remote control to turn her into a raging naked slut whenever he wants. More »
