Wearable tech’s most important race: Turning heartbeats into cash – CNET.
Quantified Self
The Slough of Despond: Gartner’s Emerging Technologies
“the promise of immortality together with the biohacker script kiddie extinction event”
Magna Cortica: rules for brain upgrades
Brain enhancing drugs used by 20% of scientists, apparently. Surely it must be more than that – coffee, alcohol, chocolate . . . there should be rules.
The Not-So-Distant Future When We Can All Upgrade Our Brains – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic.
Inside the Strange New World of DIY Brain Stimulation | Magazine | WIRED
Inside the Strange New World of DIY Brain Stimulation | Magazine | WIRED.
The desperation of pain sufferers aside (for whom the slimmest route to relief must seem infinitely worth it), for the DIYist, there is here the wonderful temptation for the short cut to self-improvement, enhancement without effort. At the flick of a switch you can fulfil your (brain’s) desire: faster learning, deeper understanding, creativity, calmer mind.
And why not? If it’s harmless. Only I would be a little concerned at the long term effects of disrupting the delicate electric flows in my brain.
Motorola smart tattoos hit throat: lie detector mics abound – SlashGear
NFC in a bottle: opening doors
via Dangerous Things’ xNT: a personal NFC chip in your hand | Technology | theguardian.com.
The video on the Guardian site offers more insight on how to open doors and unlock your phone with this life-threatening device. Personally a key and a swipe suit me fine at the moment.