biohacking – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com Based on a true story Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:41:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/jonathanfrei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/favicon-160x1601.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 biohacking – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com 32 32 76405128 Cyborg America: inside the strange new world of basement body hackers https://jonathanfrei.com/2012/08/cyborg-america-inside-the-strange-new-world-of https://jonathanfrei.com/2012/08/cyborg-america-inside-the-strange-new-world-of#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:41:21 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=768 Cyborg America: inside the strange new world of basement body hackers

Ben Popper:

“Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been telling people that I want to be a robot,” said [Tim] Cannon. “These days, that doesn’t seem so impossible anymore.” The pair call themselves grinders — homebrew biohackers obsessed with the idea of human enhancement — who are looking for new ways to put machines into their bodies. They are joined by hundreds of aspiring biohackers who populate the movement’s online forums and a growing number, now several dozen, who have gotten the magnetic implants in real life.

We live in an interesting time.

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Ben Popper:

“Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been telling people that I want to be a robot,” said [Tim] Cannon. “These days, that doesn’t seem so impossible anymore.” The pair call themselves grinders — homebrew biohackers obsessed with the idea of human enhancement — who are looking for new ways to put machines into their bodies. They are joined by hundreds of aspiring biohackers who populate the movement’s online forums and a growing number, now several dozen, who have gotten the magnetic implants in real life.

We live in an interesting time.

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