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Upabling a Mind- views, perspectives,practices and actions , science and research, all related to upgrading the human,the mind, the brain, cognitively,intellectually, ethically,morally, physically, consciousness, memory, etc.
Considering: Pharmacology, Technology, Philosophy, Psychology, Virtuality
Presently existing or futuristic (planned)
Goal: how to become a more advanced human
Human V.2.0
Considering: Pharmacology, Technology, Philosophy, Psychology, Virtuality
Presently existing or futuristic (planned)
Goal: how to become a more advanced human
Human V.2.0
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YouTube - AtGoogleTalks's ChannelRay Kurzweil visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Web Within Us: When Minds and Machines Become One." This event took place on July 1, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. At the onset of the 21st century, it will be an era in which the very nature of ...
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Mind Controlled Bionic LimbsBionic Research Background For decades, scientists have been interested in developing a technique for interpreting brain activity to motor output — in other words, decipher the brain's electric patterns and convert them into coherent thought. The first attempts at a brain-computer interface ...
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Running with the Dopes: Cheating to be a Better Human | h+ MagazineModern humans are put in many moral conundrums, but the most pernicious may be the conflict between performance and ethics. In the modern world we are expected to be productive for at least eight hours a day, and that means being awake, functional, in a good mood, and ready to perform without ...
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The Atlantic Online | July/August 2009 | Get Smarter | Jamais CascioPandemics. Global warming. Food shortages. No more fossil fuels. What are humans to do? The same thing the species has done before: evolve to meet the challenge. But this time we don’t have to rely on natural evolution to make us smart enough to survive. We can do it ourselves, right now, by ...
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Newswise Social and Behavioral Sciences News | Of Body and Mind, and Deep MeditationChinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice.
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The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation -- New York Magazinego spend the 15 min and read it, a super readingwildcat added 5 months ago
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Organised chaos gets robots going - 01 November 2004 - New ScientistVery important article for understanding how evolution selected for animal movement. The weight is a bias, a drive. And consciousness generally.meika added 7 months ago
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Computer programmer from Finland has lost finger replaced with USB drive - TelegraphSome people never learned NOT to put their finger in a light socket :) At least this way he should always have the standard 'tools of the trade' with him.Phil Duby added 7 months ago
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Computer programmer from Finland has lost finger replaced with USB drive - Telegraphcool?wildcat added 7 months ago
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Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.comProbably the most inspiring TED talk I have ever seen. sheer poetrywildcat added 7 months ago
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