Sensors that analyze your sweat and implanted devices that promise to help the brain regulate organs were the topic of conversation earlier today at a WearableTechLA panel moderated by Wearable Tech Insider. Dr. Victor Pikov, a senior scientist at the Huntington Medical Research Institute in Pasadena, CA, said that GSK and DARPA are putting a combined $100 million of dollars … [Read more...]
Our Cyborg Future? A Subcutaneous Compass Project
In a longer (and quite interesting) article about implantable technology, CNN points out the Southpaw project: an implantable subdermal compass. This is really interesting reading and not for those easily weirded out. Southpaw is the idea of Lepht Anonym, a Scottish woman and biohacker, who does these things. The biohacker movement is not new, but the interest in wearables … [Read more...]
Creepy Subcutaneous Temp Sensor
There are limits to the DIY movement, you know? The Motherboard channel of Vice has the story of Tim Cannon of Grindhouse Wetware, who inserted what appears to be a larger-than-necessary sensor under his skin to monitor his temperature. It happened at a body modification conference in Germany. Oh -- and there are status lights that shine through his skin and light up his … [Read more...]