Garage Transhumanism

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Permalink Reply by Billy Burton Epps on March 10, 2008 at 10:46am

I think what you say might somehow have something to do with what a famous writer (Zelazny?Clarke?) said - "for all those who think of themselves as human, and nothing less". Were talking Transhumanism with a capital 'T'. But for a good start, i do agree, ever so much. . .

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Permalink Reply by Billy Burton Epps on March 13, 2008 at 4:49pm

I think i scanned somewhere else in here about reduced calorie diets. I remember it from the Biosphere deal, I wonder where it's gone to. What would be a good menu/link for this?

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Permalink Reply by Cypher on June 29, 2008 at 1:18am

I think your spot on, We should Push our Biological Selves to the Max while we still can, It will help with Conversion and Adaptation Later.

You pretty Much Outlined Me in your Post

I Train Everyday and Built an E-Bike that I ride to College/Work, and My Diet is Incredibly Strict.

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Permalink Reply by Kalle Aho on March 13, 2008 at 10:52am

While I know many transhumanists passionately hate the fact that we have to sleep
getting adequate amounts of sleep truly improves cognitive performance, learning and mood.

Think of it like hard drive defragmentation!

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Permalink Reply by Geoff OCallaghan on April 2, 2008 at 10:03pm

You can get my book on how to hypnotically augment 8 to 16 year olds to create "Superkids".
(The back garage seems to be a super place to do it.)
It's on: www.lulu.com/wungulai and you can get in touch with me for further info via my email.
gocal(at)halenet.com.au
It works very well, producing very high strength, increases IQ and memory improves as well as sight, hearing, etc.
It doesn't seem to work as well for girls, and we don't know why. Boys do famously.

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Permalink Reply by Billy Burton Epps on April 10, 2008 at 3:41pm

Why the emphasis on 8 - 16 year olds? How about others?

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Permalink Reply by Geoff OCallaghan on April 10, 2008 at 4:16pm

before the age of 8 the brain is not mature enough to gain much benefit. The brain changes during early puberty and this period of time is the best for augmentation. So it's not a benchmark, but it seems that this window of opportunity is the best time for augmentation. Also, it seems that boys are doing better than girls - and we don't know why. Perhaps it is the shortage of female hypnotists working as operators. The program must be done properly to work.
Can be downloaded FREE from Lulu:
http://www.lulu.com/content/734787
if you want to read the book.
Geoff.

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Permalink Reply by Geoff OCallaghan on April 10, 2008 at 4:05pm

It is a remarkable process to watch. Youngsters come into the program and gain tremendous confidence within a couple of months, their parents notice how well they are doing in sport and at school. While I'm still collecting data, there seems to be measurable improvement in kids who are hypnotised.

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Permalink Reply by Geoff OCallaghan on April 11, 2008 at 5:58pm

The nature of hypnosis was always a matter of confused speculation - some thought it was psychic energy, and some thought it was the work of demons. It is only recently that the medical and psychiatric community has come to grips with it. MRI studies of trance states show that real changes are occurring in the brains of hypnotised subjects. Some areas of the brain show actual physical changes. It is intended that the work will be published, but at the moment, this is a work in progress.

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Permalink Reply by Cypher on June 29, 2008 at 1:26am

This is up my Ally, I am Poor and go to College off the Sweat of my Brow.

I build/fix everything I can: Computer, Bike, Car etc....

If there were the Possibilities of Advanced Prosthetics on a Advanced DIY Budget I would be all over it.

I would just focus on honing your Milling/CAD skills and also work on Open Source Software Development.

Then when the time comes it is possible to build/Upgrade your Parts you will be Experienced to do so.

Other than that, for today, Practice with your gear.

Keep up efficient sturdy clothes and get a PDA and try to make your self as capable as possible while Mobilized. Use and get used to gadgets that will actually make your life easier, and scrap those that are annoying and inefficient.

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Permalink Reply by Sita on December 15, 2008 at 11:47pm

This is the closest to "Garage Transhumanism" that I can think of:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/news/2006/06/71087

"Body-mod artists Jesse Jarrell and Steve Haworth's original idea was to implant a magnet to carry metal gadgets. It turns out that doesn't work: If you try to carry something magnetic on your implant regularly, the pinched skin between the magnets dies and your body rejects the implant. But they came up with a new application when a mutual friend suffered an accident that left a shard of iron in his finger. He worked with audio equipment, and found that he could tell which speakers were magnetized from the sensation that passed through his finger at close range.

That gave Jarrell and Haworth a new direction: Could they obtain that effect deliberately, extending the sense of touch into a sense of magnetism?

Todd Huffman, a graduate student at Arizona State University with a background in neuroscience, joined the project and brainstormed with Jarrell and Haworth about how, and where, to best implant a powerful magnet. He helped come up with the most effective design for an implant, and eventually became the first recipient. "The fingertip was chosen because of the high nerve density, and because the hands are constantly interacting with the environment, increasing the chances of sensing electromagnetism in the world," Huffman says.

"We chose the ring finger primarily because of its size and relatively low importance in gripping action, so there was plenty of room for the implant and a lower chance of physically damaging the implant," Huffman explains. Jarrell puts it more bluntly, writing about the procedure in a BMEZine article from March: "'If you had to lose or seriously damage one of your fingers, which would it be?' This was our answer." But nobody's finger fell off, and Huffman's results were better than they'd imagined."


This, to me, is truly innovative. It is definitely something I'd try for myself. I'm a huge advocate of body modification of any type, be it artistic or for evolutionary purposes. I think we need no better reason than "because we can." As the only species on the planet with the ability to exceed our biology, I say we go for it. While we still can.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Dotse on December 29, 2008 at 7:36pm

I think garage transhumanism needs to set some limits in the bio-modification areas. Why not wait and let research develop methods for long term organic implants rather than find out the hard way what works and what doesn't work inside the body(eg. the artists' original magnetic grip idea). The rate of advancement today, compared even to when this site was created, is really incredible. it wont be long before we have enough cheap and safe nano-materials designed for biocompatibility to muck about all we like with minimum risk (and risk of government regulation/intervention). Then our imaginations would be the limit.

I wouldn't mind toying with a magnetic field sensor then, but right now I'm not in a hurry to be a 1st generation guinea pig, especially if it's not absolutely necessary to push the field forward...

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