With thanks to the team at the Center for Neurotech at the University of Washington!
As we delve into exoskeletons, one of the building blocks is the bionic limb. A lot of groundbreaking work is happening at the MIT Media Lab, as part of the biomechatronics research group. Here’s the head of that giving his latest TED Talk.
OBVIOUSLY I am getting hooked up with these folks…
“Entertainment, art, science, education — all are embodied by the Berggruen Institute, a DTLA-based, big-picture think tank working to get our society out ahead of the major issues that will affect humanity in the coming centuries.”
“By 2050, as many as seven out of 10 people on Earth will live in an urban area—a global demographic shift so rapid that many consider it a threshold moment for humankind.” –WSJ on innovation happening in cities given the way things are going …
I am starting this reporting against a backdrop of more and more technologists saying they don’t want their children using the tools they’re making, or realizing the monsters they created. Just got pointed to this “toolkit” to help technologists “anticipate the long-term social impact and unexpected uses of the tech we create today.” Thanks to Friend Raina for the suggestion.
Link from Geoff, which he mentioned at the end of our call.
Future Human 