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Wisconsin company offers staff implants for keys and passwords
Australian Doctor Implants 3D-Printed Vertebrae in World’s First Surgery
A material has been made in the lab that will allow surgeons to fit 3D implants in damaged knees of ailing patients one fine day in the future. These will be custom-made in accordance with the...
Swedish Company is Tracking Employees With Microchips Implants
A microchip is easily slid beneath the skin. Thus a cyborg is created for all purposes. This might sound like a dystopian scenario of the future, but in fact it is taking place right here, right now....
Wireless Brain Implants Help Paralyzed Monkeys Regain Control of Legs
A group of researchers has managed to employ a wireless implant that allows rhesus macaques to walk despite suffering from paralysis.The work of these dedicated scientists was published in the...
Kylie Jenner Shuts Down Breast Implants Rumors
When you are a celebrity, you play a role model to a lot of people. Especially when you are a beauty icon and define the beauty standards of an entire generation, everything you do is important.Kylie...
Argentinean football club to offer dermal implants to its fans
Buenos Aires-based football team, Club Atletico Tigre, has taken an unusual step in managing access to its stadium. The club is considering offering its fans an implantable microchip that would grant them faster access through the gate turnstiles.
‘Biopen’ lets doctors 3D print cartilage during surgery
If you need knee replacement surgery in the future, doctors may be able to create a custom-made joint from your own stem cells. A team from St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, have developed the Biopen, a type of 3D printer that uses "ink" made from h...
Doctor dubbed ‘the father of cyborgs’ tested implants in his own brain
How far would you go to create a brain-controlled speech decoder? Doctor Philip Kennedy already helped blaze a trail in brain-computer interfaces back in the 80s. Now, a report in MIT Technology Review explains how the neurosurgeon decided to crank...
Chip that Replicates Human Organs Wins Design of the Year 2015
Once in a while, something comes along that makes mankind ponder awhile on its own qualities of invention and discovery. Paola Antonelli who works at MOMA as a design and architecture curator made a...