TIS Weekly (#77): When Humans And Technology Merge
[November 28th, 2016]
Have you ever seen an episode of the series Black Mirror? Inspired by The Twilight Zone it explores the dark side of our love affair with technology. AWESOME! In the episode The Entire History of You everyone has a brain implant that lets them relive their memories at any time. Sounds cool right? Think again. This week at TIS.tv: bionic humans, when humans and technology merge.
Theme | HEALTH
Prosthetics inspired by video games
Open Bionics has partnered up with Square Enix, the company behind the virtual world in the game Deus Ex. Together they are creating bionic arms inspired by characters in the video game. The technology will be open-source, available to the public for 3D-printing. Making prosthetics even cheaper!
Theme | HEALTH
Bio-artificial kidney
Researchers at the University of California have created a small device that reproduces many of the natural functions of kidneys. Surgically implanted, this device provides people suffering from kidney failure with a third treatment option, next to dialysis and kidney transplants (shortage of donors).
Theme | HEALTH
Soft wearable hand-robot
Researchers at the Seoul National University have created the Exo-Glove Poly. It’s a flexible, wearable glove, that assists people with a hand paralysis to grasp objects and help in opening bottles for example.
Theme | HEALTH
A second skin
MIT researchers have worked on a new type of material that has the property to tighten and protect skin. When applied, it becomes a thin, imperceptible coating which mimics the characteristics of healthy skin. It might be used for a variety of applications, such as protecting dry skin or delivering drugs against skin diseases.
Theme | SPORTS
Bionic Boots
Bartenders can poor you a beer, lend you an ear and apparently, they’re part-time inventors as well. Keahi Seymour has devised these bionic boots that can make you run up to 40km/h!
Expert Selection | DESIGN
Jeroen van Erp: Dutch Design
Designer Jeroen van Erp is co-founder of design studio Fabrique as well as the think tank Redesigning Politics. He’s an expert on interactive media and has worked for a wide variety of customers, from museums to universities and cities. He has honored us with a really cool Expert Selection on Dutch Design.
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