Amber Case: Cyborg Anthropologist

What exactly is a cyborg anthropologist?

Let Amber herself tell you, in this video from late last year on ‘prosthetic culture’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253TkE2OpCc

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Kevin Warwick to speak at University of Melbourne this coming Wednesday

Transhumanist pioneer and cyborg-in-progress, Kevin Warwick, will be in the fine city of Melbourne, Australia this coming Wednesday evening.

All the details are on the IEEE Victoria site;…

Kevin Warwick to speak at University of Melbourne this coming Wednesday

Ernte Runway LA 2006 w/ El Circo (via ernternte)

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James Marsters: Caprica Is About The Fall Of America – Caprica – io9

Knox Handroid, a Kevlar-, kangaroo-hide-, and, yes, exoskeleton-reinforced motorcycle gauntlet. Thermoplastic urethane spines run down the outside of each finger and flex with your digits. To keep the armor in place, a ratchet system cinches 19 strands of stainless steel wire, spreading the pressure across your entire forearm. (via Knox Handroid | Wired.com Product Reviews)

Build Your Own Futurist Theory With This Handy Chart – Futurism – io9

In secret meetings that draw on elements of Haitian Voodoo, Cuban Santeria and Mexican witchcraft, priests are slaughtering chickens on full moon nights on beaches, smearing police with the blood and using prayers to evoke spirits to guard them as drug cartels battle over smuggling routes into California.

Other police in the city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, tattoo their bodies with Voodoo symbols, believing they can repel bullets.

Mexican police ask spirits to guard them in drug war | Reuters