The forefront of the remodeled human 'Transhuman' that is being born one after another due to technological progress
The quest for 'cyborgs' to remodel the human body to gain power has been around for a long time, but with the advancement of technology, hackers all over the world have been hacking to actually remodel their bodies in recent years. I am.
When man meets metal: rise of the transhumans | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/29/transhuman-bodyhacking-transspecies-cyborg
With the evolution of technology, the desire for engineers to transform humans into cyborgs is increasing, while the developer conference ' BodyHacking Con ' is being held to showcase the technology for hacking the human body. With the evolution of technology, the world of science fiction is about to become a reality, and the term 'Transhuman' is coined to refer to a person who has been modified to expand human capabilities. People who seek transhumans are sometimes called transhumanists or body hackers.
◆ Kevin Warwick
British photographer David Vintiner has been following the subculture of transhumans for two years and has been shooting.
It was Professor Kevin Warwick, Vice President of Coventry University, who became interested in Transhuman. In 1998, Professor Warwick gained the ability to implant a silicon chip transponder under his skin to unlock it by simply touching the door and to automatically turn on the lights in the room each time he moves. It is a person who should be called the original transhuman.
Professor Warwick also modified his wife to come up with ideas such as implants for remote communication, but they were not accepted by any of the medical, commercial, or academic worlds. Professor Warwick, whose many published papers were cited, refused to become a member
Professor Warwick feels that many young hackers are pushing the field of transhumans. However, as he states, 'Their stage is not in the laboratory, but in the garage, and sometimes at many risks,' the transhuman approach is not academic research, but curiosity and inquiry. It seems that the color of the experiment is based on the heart. In modern medicine, transplantation of artificial organs and orthopedic surgery to solve diabetes and heart disease have become common, but it is said that 'surgical surgery enhances one's innate sensation and ability'. Young transhumanists seem to be skeptical that ethical issues are raised about thinking.
◆ Rin Räuber
Lin Rover, who lives in Berlin, Germany, has the ability to 'pick up a spoon' by embedding a device that manipulates a magnetic field in his finger. Mr. Rover is not studying transhumans from something like a sense of mission. I am remodeling my body out of curiosity with a hacker's temperament, 'I do it just because it's funny, I do it because I think it's cool'.
◆ Rob Spence
Rob Spence, who lost his eyes in an accident at the age of 10, was a hacker who suddenly became famous as 'Eyeborg' by hacking to embed a video camera that can transmit recorded video in real time. He is one of the people who pursues the potential of transhumans.
You can find out more about Mr. Spence by looking at the following article.
An eyeborg that is not a cyborg with a camera embedded in the right eye --GIGAZINE
'There are clear advances in technology. Computers were initially'big rooms', but now they're desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and then they'll be part of the body. The question is when will it be time to cut off the arm and replace it with an artificial one? The world that will surely come is not far away, 'he said, avoiding the integration of technology into the human body. I don't think I can.
◆ James Young
James Young is one of the people who is practicing Spence's attempt to 'turn his arms into artificial ones.' At the age of 22, Young fell off the train platform and lost his arms and legs. After that, Mr. Young, who was selected for the project 'Making a Bionic Arm of Metal Gear Solid', is proceeding with a prosthetic hand development project with a huge artificial arm attached.
However, as Young states, 'It's never as good as a human arm,' the road to transhuman realization seems to be steep. Therefore, Mr. Young is considering the development of an artificial arm that is embedded in the bone so that it can be controlled naturally using signals from the brain, and is raising development funds through crowdfunding Gofoundme.
Fundraiser by James Alexander Hepworth Young: Titanium Implants for James' Limbs
◆ Neil Harbisson
Neil Harbisson, who lives in Spain and can only recognize black and white by nature, has succeeded in 'listening' to color by embedding a special antenna in the skull that detects the spectrum of light and converts it into vibration. ..
Mr. Harbison said, 'At first I was listening to'mixed', but then it became slowly understandable'information'and finally'perception'. After that, I began to have various emotions. My favorite color is infrared, which is invisible to normal humans. It has a very low frequency and is gentle, 'he said, creating a new sensation and the brain creating the intellect to understand it. Insist. 'I'm no longer included in the definition of'human',' says Harbison, who finds it wonderful to have a 'new sensation' for everyone.
'People find it ethical to recreate existing sensations and existing body parts, but feel unnecessary for new sensations and new body parts. But this idea changes. I think. Humans will start to realize that the best way to improve the planet is to design and improve themselves. For example, if you have dark vision that you can see in the dark, you don't need to turn on the lights at night. You don't have to illuminate with street lights. The more sense we have, the less energy we need. '
To further develop his ideas, Harbison works with body hackers and transhumanists around the world to establish the Cyborg Foundation for research.
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