Create a race of cyborgs that possess superhuman powers and
rule the earth!
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Cyborg (n.) cyb(ernetic) org(anism) [Clynes & Kline 1960]
1. A self-regulating integration of artificial and natural systems
2. A person whose functioning is aided by or dependent on a
mechanical or electronic device
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If we give up the prejudice that the human being (or being
human) is contained solely inside our biological skin-bag We are
human-technology symbionts, cyborgs without the invasive bodily
alterations
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Information Exchange
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Information Exchange Medical Sensing
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Information Exchange
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Scott Saponas (UW) | Desney Tan | Dan Morris Ravin Balakrishnan
(Toronto) | James Landay (UW) | Jim Turner
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Pressure Position Tap Lift
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Physical feedback for learning Applying to prosthetics or
clinical rehabilitation Enabling new applications Defining
appropriate gesture sets
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Scott Saponas (UW) | Dan Kelley (UW) | Babak Parviz (UW) |
Desney Tan with Johnny Lee | Dodi Nov, DDS | Penn-Brookside
Orthodontic Lab
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v0 conductive contact v1 optical sensing
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92.2%92.2%
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Input Better tongue gestures Output: Tactile stimulation Bone
conduction Medical Sensing Salivary analysis Food analysis
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Babak Parviz (UW) | Brian Otis(UW) | Desney Tan and their teams
of brilliant scientists partially supported by MSR External
Research
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Solve the hard problems Harnessing power Cooling the device
Focus and imaging Medical Sensing: Glucose Sensing with the Bionic
Contacts
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