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May 13, 2011 AUTHOR: zachary CATEGORIES: Technology Tags: , ,

Neuroware

Neuro-controlled fashion accessories. If that doesn’t scream body modification what does?  Awesome. I want a pair. Maybe we can put them on babies before they can speak to help us communicate more effectively. Neuroware “necomimi”

From: JapanTrends.com

 

 

April 8, 2011 AUTHOR: zachary CATEGORIES: Technology, Visual Reference Tags: , , ,

Kinetic Sculptures

These kinetic sculptures could be a very cool reference for the birdhouses and also for elements of the Skynests. These could be like BodyMods for buildings, where the buildings themselves are almost alive and functioning on their own – with strange organic junk sculptures that do things like power elevator-like conveyor belts.

 

 

April 2, 2011 AUTHOR: zachary CATEGORIES: Technology Tags: , ,

Brain-computer implant has passed 1000-day milestone

This just in. Bioelectric BodyMods are real and here today. Thanks @greatdismal for the tip.

From Short Sharp Science blog on New Scientist website: ”
Brain-computer implant has passed 1000-day milestone”

Author: Helen Thomson, biomedical news editor

A paralysed woman was still able to accurately control a computer cursor with her thoughts 1000 days after having a tiny electronic device implanted in her brain, say the researchers who devised the system. The achievement demonstrates the longevity of brain-machine implants.

The woman, for whom the researchers use the pseudonym S3, had a brainstem stroke in the mid-1990s that caused tetraplegia – paralysis of all four limbs and the vocal cords.

In 2005, researchers from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, the Providence VA Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston implanted a tiny silicon electrode array the size of a small aspirin into S3’s brain to help her communicate better with the outside world.


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