Cyborg Insect Drones

 Had heard this proposed years ago, now it is happening, in IEEE Spectrum:

Draper's Genetically Modified Cyborg Dragonfly Takes Flight
By Evan Ackerman
 A live dragonfly with a cybernetic backpack and optical implants is now airborne ... " 

Quantifying Ourselves

Humans becoming Cyborgs.  Simplistic piece in SciAM.  We are continuing to quantifying ourselves, but does that mean we are knowing ourselves better?  Not without better analytical methods.

Privacy Implications of Cyborg Eyepieces

Much has been heard about the 'Google Glasses' idea of letting someone experience a place overlaid with a computer screen.  We examined eye tracking and Neuromarketing approaches that overlay what a person is looking at and non conscious sensor readings.  Here the story is about researcher Steve Mann, who we also followed, who has been researching some of these Cyborg methods for some time.  And then was confronted by store employees in France for potential privacy infringement of fellow shoppers.   In one case, we examined a scenario of how a 'shopper' could move through a retail space wearing such a device while gathering behavioral data,  because their backpack and ball cap and wiring would be seen as a medical device.   Maybe not in France.