Omni Post 2.0 - Black Mirror IRL and Bionic Brains

 1. Black Mirror IRL

A common theme in the OMNI world is the fusion of man and machine. Here, an article spotlights the collaboration between Open AI's Sam Altman and iPhone designer Jony Ive.

 https://futurism.com/the-byte/sam-altman-openai-wearable-device.

https://youtu.be/di6emt8_ie8?si=dXNQodVHEyvrVwXP

2. Face tattoos 

For a bit of Big Brother and Mark of The Beast, why not try a face tattoo that records your emotional state?

https://www.futurity.org/electronic-tattoo-stress-boredom-work-3283952/

3. DNA editing en vivo 

Tech isn't alwas bas - is it? - How about DNA editing to save a fatal genetic disorder?  How quick does this slip into designer babies?

https://youtu.be/dOeiPoa3gvM

4. Anne Wojcicki - owning your DNA  

The founder of 23andMe almost lost the vast database of human genomes until she recently bought it back.  What is also crazy is that she also was once married to a Google co-founder, was in charge of YouTube, and has a degree in physics.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Wojcicki

5. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

For your next read, consider the sage advice from Mr. Postman who warns of TV ushering in Alfred Huxley's Brave New World and not Orwell's 1984. 

 ..the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."

 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/297276/amusing-ourselves-to-death-by-neil-postman/

6. Death Pods and Killswitches

It sounds like a movie plot, a 3D printed death machine.  Yet, straight from the so called Dr Death,inventor of the sarco pod, seen here, is the idea of the killswitch implant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14716111/amp/kill-switch-dementia-sufferers-inventor-Sarco-pod-implant-kill-patients.html

7. Nueornaut J Galen Buckwalter

What is more punk rock than using your own brain waves to make music?  Pioneer of eHarmony.com and  pioneer of brain interfaces, enjoy the following interview with Mr. Buckwalter.

https://missionmatters.com/the-future-of-neurohacking-with-dr-galen-buckwalter/

8. Alvin Lussier music after death! 

Avante Garde artist and performer Alvin Lussier was another person who experimented with using brain waves for art.  His neural cells are perpetually making music in a museum.

https://youtu.be/ysGUO5vsRJE?si=WzSho3tPL2x2Di3M

https://artgallery.wa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/revivification/ 

9. Jason Barnes Bionic Drummer 

Getting back to bionic humans, why not set records with robotic limbs?

https://www.exphandprosthetics.com/post/drumming-record-breaker-jason-barnes-a-profile