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more about #cybernetics cylon_conspiracy: I take it this io9's response to the CRU email leaks. I was wondering if/when you'd acknowledge the story. Now I have my answer. "Deafening Silence." ... more » Im_your_Huckleberry: "It's an interesting contrast, but maybe not a contradiction: He worries what we're doing to the planet, but he's also celebrated the way we're transf... more » dabismail001: Melting icebergs don't raise sea levels. more » BangarangRufio867: I'm really confused. How does little Emily go from 1st grade to 2nd grade in less than a year? This little Emily does make you think about ice melti... more » Jes St.Lawrence: Just waiting on someone from the Billy Bob School of Thermodynamics and Swine Management to come tell us it's all a hoax. more » LittleDragon: Man. I am so happy my name isn't Dave or Sarah Connor. Now excuse me while I clean the guns. more » Hamslicer: They should change their name to Yoyodyne... ...c'mon people, settin' this one up... more » Bill-Lee: Yes but when do I get my thermoptic camo, sexy robotic body, and implant to link directly into the Internet? And where's my crack team of cyber crime ... more » drdoombot: Choosing Cyberdyne as your company name is either supremely awesome or very unfortunate. more » Sunshineyness: I think this is a really neat technology and extraordinary if this can be used to help people to walk again. But seriously, they really need to NOT ... more » Valrose: I have moved the Cyborg Apocalypse clock to 5 minutes to midnight. more » twophrasebark: This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural inte... more » -
#ecodystopia
Photographer Documents Melting Icecaps, Celebrates Our Cyborg Evolution
Photographer James Balog is best known for his death-defying trips to Iceland, Greenland and Alaska, where he's documented the melting icecaps using photos and time-lapse images. But he's also made stunning images of cyborgs and "techno sapiens." More » -
#science
The Cyborg Exoskeletons Of The Future Take To The Streets
Three employees of Japan's Cyberdyne robotics company recently demonstrated a new "people-assisting" device: an exoskeleton that could help injured or disabled people walk. The system is called "HAL 5," and three prototypes of the technology paraded through Tokyo this week. More » -
#medicaltechnology
Replacement Joint Coating Brings Us One Step Closer To The Reign Of The Cybermen
Scientists in Israel have come up with a way to cover prosthetics and joint replacements with a human tissue-like coating. A new application of a 200 year old electroplating process might be the future of complication-free joint replacements. More » -
#cyborgrecruitment
Japan Is Creating Your Future Cyborg Overlords Right Now
Wow, I don't know what's crazier — that there's a Japanese company called Cyberdyne, or the fact that it's creating cyborg limbs that look sort of like 1960s Cybermen. Or maybe the fact that its cyborg limbs are called "Human Assistive Limb," or HAL for short. What's next? The Brilliant Organ Replacement Group? It's like they're announcing that we're doomed. It's bad enough that Skynet already exists. More pics below the fold. More » -
