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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2013 · 1H 11M

The Rise of Cyborgs and Post Human Beings

from Fuzzy Logic Science Show · host Fuzzy Logic Science Show

How far would you go to modify your body with technology? Maybe it hasn't occurred to you, but you already have. You're wearing cloths, right? Maybe you can pick a point along the continuum from shoes, to bionic eyes, all the way to full brain transplant. In this special  Fuzzy Logic, we explore what happens to us as we merge with wires, with chips, and artificial intelligence. Join our A-list panel members, and a packed audience and John Curtin School Medical Research. Joav Niran, cochlear implant recipient, Cochlear Ambassador Dr Bruce McCabe, author of the techno-thriller Skinjob Professor Bob Williamson   Research Leader, Machine Learning Group at NICTA Hosted by Rod Taylor. For more details see our event page. Special thanks to our event supporters from, National Science Week, ACT Government, NICTA, The Bionics Institue, and John Curtin School Medical Research. Anh Nguyen, Kylie Walker, Dorothy Kennedy, and Madeleine Nicole, Jamie Freestone, Jarrord Green, Broderick Matthews. [note audio quality improves after about 10 minutes]

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