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inventor: we can all be cyborgs 20 years from now. california governor: been there, done that.

ray-kurzweil

In a recent article in The Sun, famous inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil makes a lot of bold claims about our future, saying that by 2029 humans will be able to halt and even reverse the effects of aging. and then we’ll live forever, with the help of Hideo Kojima’s favorite plot device: nanomachines. Kurzweil,…

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September 25th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech robots strange + wonderful technology weird science

resistance is futile: radio-controlled cyborg beetles

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Oh crap. I knew it. Those stupid robots at SparkFun’s race were publicized to lull us all into a false sense of security: “Wow it just went for a dive at the lake HAHA st00pid botz.” Yet now we have cyborg beetles. CyBORG beetles people.
Developed by a team of DARPA-funded engineers – led by…

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May 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech robots strange + wonderful technology

eyeborg: canadian filmmaker installs a red LED into his prosthetic eye

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Filmmaker Rob Spence lost his eye when he was 11 years old. He was playing with a shotgun back in his grandfather’s farm in Ireland when it backfired. Now he and his partners in the Eyeborg Project want to “transform his loss into a superhuman strength” for art’s sake. Spence wants to install a video…

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April 9th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech hacks + mods robots strange + wonderful technology

general grievous tote for the discerning shopper

What could be cooler than a hand-stitched General Grievous tote? Um, how about a hand-stitched General Grievous tote that glows in the dark? Oh, how I’d love to flash this Star Wars baddie all around town!

I don’t know that much about it, just that Flickr user woundupladybug is the master behind this creation. She…

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September 25th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: geek art + craft

saitek cyborg fps gamepad offers custom left controls

Saitek PP26 Rumble Gamepad

Here’s an interesting new gaming controller design from Saitek. The new Cyborg PP26 Rumble Gamepad controller lets you swap the positions of the left analog sitck and digital joypad.

This seems like a great idea, since it seems the position of those controls is a highly individual preference. It’s especially handy if you’re used to…

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July 18th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games

doctor who cyberman voice changing helmet

Doctor Who Cyberman Helmet

Regardless of whether you’re a fan of the the British Sci-Fi classic Doctor Who, you’ll be the life of the party when you wear the Cyberman Voice Changer Helmet.

Modeled after the recently updated version of the Cybermen in the long-running BBC series, this helmet not only makes you look quite silly, it makes your…

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January 30th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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