Cyborg Upgrades You Can Get Today
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into the fascinating world of cybernetic enhancements, exploring the steps to become a cyborg and real-life examples of such advancements. It covers bionic eyes that offer artificial vision, non-human senses like magnetic and color perception, and the potential of neuralink for telepathic communication. The narrative also touches on the challenges and innovations in bionic limbs, including Hugh Herr's work at MIT, synthetic skin, and the quest to achieve a sense of proprioception in prosthetics.
Takeaways
- 🤖 The concept of becoming a cyborg involves a combination of human and machine elements, starting with a human body and undergoing a transformation through accidents or deliberate enhancements.
- 👀 Bionic eyes, like the ones developed by William Dobelle, can provide a form of artificial vision by electrically stimulating the visual cortex, allowing users to perceive light and shapes.
- 🧲 Non-human senses, such as a magnetic sense, can be artificially introduced through implants that react to magnetic fields, offering potential benefits but also significant drawbacks.
- 🎨 Neil Harbisson, the world's first 'Pikman,' uses a cyborg antenna to convert colors into audible vibrations, overcoming his color blindness and even perceiving infrared and ultraviolet light.
- 📡 Cyborg senses like North Sense, Cento, and Seismic Sense involve implants that provide feedback based on direction, proximity to other users, or seismic activity, respectively.
- 🧠 Telepathic communication is an emerging field, with Neuralink's brain-computer interface allowing for direct brain-to-computer interactions, as demonstrated in their first human trial.
- 🦿 Bionic limbs, such as those developed for rock climber Hugh Herr, can surpass the capabilities of natural limbs with features like spiked feet, extendable legs, and narrow tips for enhanced climbing.
- 🔩 The integration of bionic limbs involves challenges such as interfacing with human skin, managing sweat, and providing a sense of proprioception to make the limbs feel like a natural part of the body.
- 🥁 Bionic limbs can also be specialized for specific activities, like Jason Bonds' bionic arm attachment that allows him to play complex drum rhythms with two drumsticks.
- 🔌 Jesse Sullivan, one of the first cyborgs, has a bionic arm controlled through nerve grafts and can interface with technology, such as plugging a USB into his finger.
- 🛠️ The development of synthetic skin and osseointegration are among the innovations aimed at improving the comfort, functionality, and integration of bionic limbs with the human body.
Q & A
What is the first step mentioned in the script for becoming a cyborg?
-The first step mentioned in the script for becoming a cyborg is to have a buddy made of flesh and blood.
What was the outcome of William Dobelle's experiment with electrically stimulating the visual cortex?
-William Dobelle's experiment resulted in the creation of a dot matrix of phosphenes, which allowed a blind patient to see the outline of shapes and even regain enough vision to drive a car.
What is the current state of bionic eye technology after Dobelle's death?
-After Dobelle's death, his research was largely lost due to poor documentation. However, there have been many advances in bionic eye technology since then, with devices like the Argus II now allowing users to read large text.
What is the concept of a magnetic sense implant and how does it work?
-A magnetic sense implant is a modification where a tiny magnet is inserted into a person's finger. It wiggles when near a magnetic field, potentially allowing the person to sense the shape and intensity of magnetic fields and distinguish between AC and DC voltages.
What are the potential issues with having a magnetic sense implant?
-Potential issues with a magnetic sense implant include complications with MRI scans due to the strong magnets used, the possibility of the implant being ripped out of the skin, and problems with airport security due to the magnet's presence.
Who is Neil Harbisson and what is his unique ability?
-Neil Harbisson is the world's first 'Pikmin', a person with a cyborg antenna implanted into his skull. This antenna allows him to hear colors through audible vibrations based on what a camera is seeing, including the ability to perceive infrared and ultraviolet light.
What is the concept of 'telepathic communication' as mentioned in the script?
-Telepathic communication, as mentioned in the script, refers to the ability to read information from one brain and write it to other brains or computers. Companies like Neuralink are working on brain-computer interfaces that could potentially enable this form of communication.
What are some of the challenges faced in developing bionic limbs?
-Some challenges in developing bionic limbs include interfacing with human skin, which is difficult due to its hairiness, oiliness, and tendency to chafe and cut easily. Additionally, there is the issue of sweat not evaporating under prosthetics, and the lack of proprioception, which is the body's spatial awareness.
What is Hugh Herr's contribution to the field of bionic limbs?
-Hugh Herr, the Director of Biomechatronics at MIT, has designed special brain-controlled bionic legs with microprocessors that constantly adjust the stiffness of his joints to mimic natural human walking. He is also working on developing synthetic skin to address the challenges of interfacing with human skin.
What is the concept of osseointegration and how does it relate to bionic limbs?
-Osseointegration is a method of attaching prosthetics by implanting titanium directly into the bone, allowing for the swapping out of different attachments as needed. This method provides a more secure and potentially more comfortable interface for bionic limbs.
Can you provide an example of a person who has benefited from bionic limbs technology?
-One example is Jesse Sullivan, one of the world's first cyborgs, who had a bionic arm that could be controlled through nerve grafts in his chest. He was able to stick a USB in his finger, demonstrating the advanced capabilities of modern bionic limbs.
Outlines
🤖 Becoming a Cyborg: Real-Life Upgrades
The script humorously introduces the concept of becoming a cyborg with a three-step process, starting with a terrible accident. It then delves into actual cybernetic enhancements available today, such as bionic eyes, which have evolved from early experiments by engineer William Dobelle to modern devices like the Argus II that can help the visually impaired perceive shapes. The script also touches on experimental non-human senses like magnetic sense implants, which can detect magnetic fields but come with potential risks and downsides. Additionally, it mentions color-sense enhancement through a cyborg antenna, which allows a person with complete color blindness to perceive colors through audible vibrations.
🧠 Advances in Cyborg Technology: Communication and Limbs
This paragraph discusses advancements in brain-to-brain communication and bionic limbs. It covers neuralink's brain-computer interface, which has enabled a paralyzed patient to control a computer with his mind. The script also explores alternative communication methods like Bluetooth-enabled cyborg communication. In the realm of bionic limbs, it tells the story of a climber who turned his prosthetics into high-performance bionic limbs with features like spiked feet and extending legs. The challenges of integrating prosthetics with human skin, dealing with sweat, and creating a sense of proprioception for the user are also highlighted. The paragraph concludes with examples of individuals who have benefited from bionic limbs, showcasing the potential for these technologies to enhance human capabilities.
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Keywords
💡Cyborg
💡Bionic Eyes
💡Phosphene
💡Sense Augmentation
💡Neuralink
💡Bionic Limbs
💡Proprioception
💡Synthetic Skin
💡Osseointegration
💡Telepathic Communication
💡Cybernetic Upgrades
Highlights
Steps to become a cyborg include having a flesh and blood buddy, enduring a terrible accident, and getting smart engineers to experiment on you for research purposes.
Sense augmentation, telepathic communication, and bionic limbification are real-life examples of cybernetic upgrades.
Bionic eyes, such as the Argus II, can provide artificial vision by electrically stimulating the visual cortex.
Advancements in bionic eye technology have enabled some blind patients to regain enough vision to perform activities like driving.
Magnetic sense implants allow individuals to sense magnetic fields and distinguish between AC and DC voltages.
Color sense implants have enabled a colorblind man to perceive colors through audible vibrations.
Cyborg senses like North sense, Cento, and seismic sense involve implants that provide sensory feedback based on environmental conditions.
Neuralink is working on brain-computer interfaces that could enable telepathic communication.
Bionic limbs have advanced to the point where they can outperform human limbs in certain activities, such as rock climbing.
Hugh Herr, a rock climber who had both legs amputated, now leads biomechatronics research at MIT, developing brain-controlled bionic legs.
Synthetic skin is being developed to improve the interface between prosthetics and human skin, addressing issues like sweat and chafing.
Osseointegration is an interfacing option that involves implanting titanium directly into the bone for prosthetic attachment.
Research is being conducted to solve the problem of bionic limbs lacking the sense of proprioception, to make them feel like a part of the body.
Bionic limbs are being customized for specific activities, such as a drummer's arm attachment with two drumsticks.
Psionic is a company that makes prosthetic arms with capabilities beyond human strength, such as punching through objects.
The future of bionic limbs includes the potential for them to be fully integrated and feel like a natural extension of the body.
Transcripts
here's how you can become a real cyborg
right now step one have a buddy made of
Flesh and Blood step two put the budy
through terrible accident wait wait wait
step three get smart Engineers to
experiment on you for research purposes
but you're still stuck on step two right
now so how about we take a look at some
real life examples of cybernetic
upgrades you can
get great we've got sense augmentation
telepathic communication and finally
bionic limb ification let's start at the
top bionic eyes hostile detected in 1978
engineer William dbel tried to create
artificial Vision he found that when you
electrically stimulate the visual cortex
a splotch of light called a phosphine is
perceived he then stabbed a bunch of
little electrodes in and mapped video
camera footage to them creating a dot
matrix of phosphine so now someone
wearing the device could see the outline
of shapes one of his blind patients even
regained enough Vision to drive a
car I can finally see now his work was
showing signs of truly helping people
and then he died and everyone realized
that he barely documented anything all
that research straight down the toilet
but since then there have been many
advances in bionic eye technology
devices like the August 2 now allow you
to read large text
SC oh imagine if you could record and
replay memories or you could even stream
other people's camera feeds and relive
them for yourself maybe you could even
zoom
in and enhance one day I could even hack
into your eyes and play doggo videos
directly into your brain well anyways
congratulations on your new bionic eyes
but did you know people nowadays are
experimenting with non-human senses as
well
magnetic
sense this one's a weird modification
but you you need all the help you can
get my friend so you get a professional
to cut your finger open and stick a itty
bitty magnet inside now it Wiggles
whenever you're near a magnetic field
seems a bit gimmicky but it could be
useful for an electrician you could
sense the shape and intensity of
magnetic fields and even distinguish
between AC and DC voltages but there
would be so many advantages like how
would you get an MRI done have you seen
how strong their magnets are um so we
need to uh scan you for cancer um
sir or even worse it just rips out of
your skin you couldn't get past airport
security either but at least you can
pick up paper clips with your finger but
your implant would demagnetize over time
So eventually you're just left with the
piece of trash and a demagnetized magnet
looks good on you though just don't get
too close to that machine
color
sense Neil Hobson was born with a rare
form of complete color blindness and at
the age of 22 he turned into the world's
first Pikman he has a cyborg antenna
implanted into his skull with a camera
on one end and a sound vibration implant
on the other now he can hear colors
through audible vibrations based on what
the camera is seeing the cool part is
that he can see infrared and ultraviolet
light too ah today's a sunscreen kind of
day but turns out having your brain
constantly vibrating isn't Fun make stop
please but the human brain is plastic
not literally made of plastic but able
to adapt and learn so even though there
was this new sense forcing its way in
Neil's brain eventually accepted it just
like how our brains aren't overwhelmed
by our eyes constantly seeing and our
ears constantly hearing I'll give you
this antenna doesn't really do anything
but it's cute cybul sense speed round
North sense is a little chest implant
that Jiggles every time you face North
Cento is a proximity sensor that Jiggles
when you're next to another Cento user
seismic sense is an implant that Jiggles
when the earth Jiggles these cyborgs
sure do a lot of jiggling don't
they I I guess we should sort that out
now huh telepathic
communication humans communicate like
this
but imagine if you could talk like this
instead well to do this you'd need to
read information from one brain and
write it to other brains or computers
neuralink is already working on this
with their brain computer implant and
they've recently completed their first
human trial the patient was paralyzed
from the shoulders down after an
accident and now he can use his mind to
play RuneScape the chip has a bunch of
electrode threads which can read
different signals from your brain there
software then Maps these signals to
cursor movements on a screen and you
could use this technology to map a brain
to any computer interface like a
Jager with this implant you can now
control this Roomba here you go
buddy right now brain-to-brain
communication is pretty difficult
because seizures but a simpler option
would be to read a message from one
brain and use a computer to transmit it
to an ear imprint you could basically
have your own private radio channels in
your head reading information from
brains could be a bit scary though I
don't want people to know my intrusive
thoughts Neil the Pikmin and his jiggly
cyborg buddy achieved a different form
of cybor communication with Bluetooth
and I mean a literal Bluetooth when they
were in close range they could
communicate in Mor code by tapping their
teeth what happens when they're eating
though how could you say that anyways
that's communication sorted wait where'd
you
go I I guess it's time to get you some
real legs now bionic
limbs at the age of 17 rock climber huur
had both his legs amputated due to
frostbite doctors told him he would
never climb again but instead of giving
up he turned his clunky prosthetic legs
into ones that could outperform real
human limbs spiked feet for climbing
vertical ice walls extending legs for
reaching far footholds and narrow tipped
feet that could slip into cracks Way Too
Thin for regular feet his legs also
didn't get tired while climbing anymore
because he he didn't have any now he
finds himself as the Director of
biomechatronics at MIT where he designed
special brain controlled bionic legs
microprocessors constantly adjust the
stiffness of his joints to mimic how
humans naturally walk like look at how
smoothly he
moves he hopes to end his ability in
humans one day but there's a few major
problems to solve first one is that it's
really hard to interface with human skin
it's hairy oily sweaty and it chafes and
cuts easily you can't just duct tape a
prosthetic on and call it a day Hugh's
research is developing synthetic skin to
tackle this problem it can change its
shape and stiffness under electrostatic
forces kind of like how the glider Cape
from The Dark Knight turns from floppy
to stiff when you run a current through
it so the synthetic skin is soft and
stretchy on your squishy parts and
stiffer where there solid bone surface
underneath it's pretty comfy but a gross
problem that's often overlooked is sweat
since Prosthetics basically surround
amputated limbs like a shoe sweat
doesn't evaporate so some sports
Prosthetics include drain holes another
interfacing option is oio integration
which involves implanting titanium
directly into the bone and then you can
swap out whatever attachment you want
but the biggest problem is that bionic
limbs don't really feel like they're a
part of you humans have a sense called
proprioception which is basically your
body's spatial awareness for example if
you close your eyes you're still able to
touch the tip of your nose with your
finger the same can't be said for bionic
limbs just yet but research is currently
being done to solve this and soon you
could pick any bionic limb you want and
it would feel like a part of you bionic
limb speedr Jason Bonds is a drummer
with a bionic arm attachment with two
drumsticks allowing him to play rhythms
no other human can play Jesse Sullivan
is one of the world's first cyborgs who
had a bionic arm that could be
controlled through nerve GRS in his
chest this dude stuck a USB in his
finger and there's a company called
psionic that makes prosthetic arms that
can punch through things and now with a
few little adjustments all
finished you look
great ah you're welcome
[Music]
[Applause]
see you next time
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