Kevin Warwick - Real Life Cyborg

Many people talk about Transhumanism (that's giving people superpowers for those who haven't been paying attention (sort of)) as though it's something speculative that may or may not happen. Here at the Biomatrix we treat it as a lifestyle choice, pointing all the ways in which you can already improve yourself through advanced training or technology (nootropic drugs, bodybuilding, martial arts, jumpsoles, a hat with a pencil stuck to it...). Kevin Warwick however takes this one step further, becoming the first real-life cyborg. Seriously.

So what, you're thinking, he's got like a GPS tracker? Well yes actually he does have something like that, but he's also got much more too - he can control robot arms across continents with his mind, navigate blinfolded and even communicate telepathicaly with his wife who is also part cyborg. And how can he do all this? Through an electrode array of 100 electrodes (25 of which can be accessed at any one time) implanted to interface with his nervous system. This was complicated enough to allow him to control the arm and combined with ultrasonic sensors attached to a baseball cap he achieved extra-sensory vision. His wife had a simpler array which allowed them to send basic signals to each other over an internet connection and as if all that wasn't enough an additional an RFID transmitter implanted earlier allows him to set music and lighting automatically when he enters rooms. I know I go on about this... but he's soooo Tony Stark!

Like so many superhero origin stories, Kevin performed his experiments on himself to avoid putting others at risk, but I suspect he also probably kind of liked the idea of opening doors with his noggin. The purpose for these experiments are mainly to help the blind, or the limbless, but the Transhumanist applications are obvious; an Iron Man suit utilising a neural interface, 360 degree vision, sonar, telepathy ('techlepathy' as some are calling it)... the possibilities are endless and are no longer a thing of science fiction. They are happening now - and the Biomatrix.net will stay at the cutting edge to bring you all the news from the frontline. Stay tuned!