Tag: cyborg

  • Are We Becoming Nature’s Very Own Cyborgs?

    Yeah, your your mom and dad deserve some credit for how much information your brain can jam in, retain and recall — and how fast.  The foundation of our ability to process information is indeed genetic. Thankfully for our children, though, despite what they’ve inherited from us, they can do a great deal to build more capacity and brain speed for themselves. Eat…

  • Are We Already Cyborgs?

    Professor Andy Clark thinks so.  And he makes a pretty fun case.  Here’s an excerpt: We are entering an age of widespread human enhancement. The technologies range from wearable, implantable, and pervasive computing, to new forms of onboard sensing, thought-controlled equipment, prosthetic legs able to win track races, and on to the humble but transformative…