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- By Liat Clark
- 08 September 2012
Life-extending technologies are getting more lab time and investment than ever before, and with experts in the field proclaiming the knowledge is just a few decades away, you'll want to be around for it »
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- By Max Tatton-Brown
- 06 September 2012
From Beowulf to Captain America, the idea of supersoldiers has captured the human imagination for time immemorial. But after years of mixed results (the less said about LSD tests, the better), how close are we today to creating the ultimate soldier? »
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- By Liat Clark
- 06 September 2012
DIY biohacker Tim Cannon shares his 40 year plan for the ultimate transhumanist redesign of the human body »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 06 September 2012
As part of Wired.co.uk's Transhuman Week, we take a look at what chemical enhancements there are on the horizon »
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- By Tanya Lewis
- 06 September 2012
Walking on a treadmill is no great feat, unless your legs are being moved by a robotic device connected to your brain »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 05 September 2012
The history of modern sport is the history of the attempts to create a "perfect" athlete, even down to the genetic level »
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- By Guest Author
- 05 September 2012
Every year millions of pacemakers, cochlear and neural implants are successfully implanted in hospitals and clinics worldwide -- would you call that transhumanism? »
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- By Liat Clark
- 04 September 2012
Grindhouse Wetware is taking on mainstream transhumanist theorists by enhancing their bodies now with garage-style body hacks that encourage a curious public to toy with an electromagnetic sixth sense »
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- By Nate Lanxon
- 04 September 2012
The term "cyborg" literally means "cybernetic organism" -- a being constructed of both mechanical and organic material. As part of Wired.co.uk's Transhuman Week, we explore six examples of living cyborgs »
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- By Guest Author
- 04 September 2012
Every runner is dependent on artificial conditions for his or her performance. Pistorius is an extreme example, but he's certainly not the only runner who relies on technology to succeed »
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- By Guest Author
- 04 September 2012
Some transhumanists believe that as technology improves, people might replace their healthy retinas for implants if it meant gaining new capabilities such as night vision »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 03 September 2012
Wired.co.uk seeks to navigate the thorny ethical, medical and social issues associated with using technology to enhance the human body and mind through a series of features, galleries and guest posts »
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- By Ian Steadman
- 03 September 2012
We're moving towards a world where our ability to technologically augment the human body is eroding the idea of a disability as any kind of impairment, and the Wellcome Collection's Superhuman exhibition takes a look at what that means for the future of humanity »
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- By Olivia Solon
- 03 September 2012
The Paralympics not only demonstrate human fitness and endurance, but also engineering prowess, with many athletes requiring bespoke equipment to help them perform. Wired.co.uk takes a look at some of the technologies used in the Games »
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- By Liat Clark
- 03 September 2012
A woman suffering from retinitis pigmentosa has become the first person to have an Australian firm's electrode-fuelled "pre-bionic eye" fitted, a retinal implant that has allowed her to experience some vision »
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- By Alex Fleetwood
- 22 August 2012
Watching the Olympics, it would be easy to feel that there's only way to dive, box or play tennis. It plays into an idea that the rules of the game are static, unchanging, immutable. That just ain't so »
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- By Mark Brown
- 22 November 2011
A team of micro-engineers has made the first stride towards projecting augmented-reality vision in front of the human eye »
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- By Miran Pavic
- 10 May 2010
New bionic arm i-Limb Pulse allows users to handle heavy objects or delicate items, as well as customise the grips to fit their needs »