Biohacking

A new field has emerged, called Biohacking advancing that we can hack your own biology, and gain control of systems in your body with the help of supplements and the goal to become the absolute best version of ourselves.

What is biohacking and why should we care?

"Biohacker" Dave Asprey demonstrates a headband that he claims electrically stimulates blood to reach the front of the brain to improve cognition. Photo by Jason Lelchuk

The big question about biohacking is, what is it? That’s a question my editors and my friends all asked me as I prepared a story for the PBS NewsHour on this new biology term. And when I answered them, they still didn’t quite get it. So I’ll try again, with some help from the folks I talked to in recent weeks.

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Artificial Intelligence and the future | André LeBlanc | TEDxMoncton

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In his talk, Andre will explain the current and future impacts of Artificial Intelligence on industry, science, and how it will benefit and accelerate human progress. Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and the future | André LeBlanc | TEDxMoncton

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Meet the Real-Life Tech Wizards of Middle Earth

Episode 1: New Zealand’s freaky AI babies, robot exoskeletons, and a virtual you.

By Ashlee Vance

If you’re asked to travel to New Zealand to interview people about the country’s technology scene, prepare to hear about one thing over and over again:

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Why We Should Embrace — Not Fear — the Biohacker Uprising

Dr. Steve Kurtz was making arrangements for his wife Hope’s funeral when the FBI burst in.

biohacker-uprising-4Kurtz, a professor of arts at the New York State University, was detained and interrogated for 22 hours as a bioterrorism suspect.

The previous day, Kurtz had dialed 911 in panic when Hope passed away in their home in Buffalo, NY. When the paramedics arrived, they were taken aback by dozens of petri dishes full of bacterial cultures casually strewn around the house. They thought I killed my wife with some sort of biochemical toxin, recalled Kurtz in an interviewwith the BBC.

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