Recently I was amazed by the cyborg Kevin Warwick at the LIFT Conference 2008 with his story on telepathy and direct brain interfaces. Deepening Warwicks' story, Michael Chorost presents insights from his latest book called Rebuilt in the video below.
Michael Chorost became a cyborg on October 1, 2001, the day his new ear was booted up. Born hard of hearing in 1964, he went completely deaf in his thirties. Rather than live in silence, he chose to have a computer surgically embedded in his skull to artificially restore his hearing. This is the story of Chorosts' journey - from deafness to hearing, from human to cyborg - and how it transformed him. The melding of silicon and flesh has long been the stuff of science fiction. But as Chorost reveals in this witty, poignant, and illuminating memoir, fantasy is now giving way to reality.
Prepare to be amazed, especially after 31 minutes and 40 seconds as well as his view on direct brain interfaces. And how Google might play a big part on this future.
Wow, brilliant story. Looks like we will actually be able to shake hands with a ''real 6 million dollar man'' sooner than expected.
Posted by: Edo | Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 09:03
Wow, brilliant story. Looks like we will actually be able to shake hands with a ''real 6 million dollar man'' sooner than expected.
Posted by: Edo | Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 09:03