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Friday, September 13, 2019

Cyborg Art

Introduction
I went to this event in the evening on 9/12.  The 2 artists were Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson.  They talked about artificial senses, different types of cyborgs, and hearing colors.  Moon spoke first and Neil spoke last.  They both made Cyborg Foundation.  A big part of is the Transpecies Society which Manel Munoz help create.  You can go to their websites to learn more about them.   
Artificial Senses
Moon did Earthbeat in the beginning.  She beat a big drum after a machine said a year.  It represented the seismic activity that year.  Dancing is her passion and she added technology to it.  She had earrings that detected movement and she featured out how fast people were moving in European Capitals.  She had seismic sensors implanted in her feet.  You would feel vibrations whenever there was an earthquake.  She had a sensor implanted in her tooth and her friend did as well.  Whenever they moved there teeth the other person would feel it.  It is called transcendental communication system.  She talked about other artificial senses as well.  Magnetic hair give you the ability to feel the magnetic fields.  The weather feather give you the ability to sense the weather.  There is a device that help you perceive ultraviolet light and another that helps you perceive cosmic rays.  There is also a echolocation device and many more.  Moon want people to have nightvision so they would use less electricity @ night.
Different types of Cyborgs.
The terms  psychological cyborg, biological cyborg, neurological cyborg, and phantom cyborg were explained.  Psychological Cyborg is someone who feels the technology they own is a part of them.  Example would be when some says there down, instead of saying their cell phone battery is down.  Biological Cyborg is someone who has machine parts.  A good example of this Robocop.  Neurological Cyborg is someone whose brain is enhanced by technology.  Example would a computer chip in someone head.  Phantom Cyborg is someone who still feel sensations even though there machine parts have been removed.  It like phantom limb syndrome.  An example of this is Moon.  She still feel vibrations even though she no longer have seismic sensors.
Cyborg Antenna
Neil Harbisson was born colorblind.  He can only see gray, black, and white.  In 2003 he created the Cyborg Antenna and it merged into his occipital bone.  It translates colors (including infrared and ultraviolet) into sounds, it has wifi,  it can connect 2 satellites, 5 of his friends send colors to antenna and can change his dreams, he can receive phone calls on it,  etc.  He spoke on a screen today to the audience in the theatre.  He correctly identified colors sent 2 him by another artist with a Cyborg Antenna.  Then he explained the color of audience members faces.  He paint speeches and music.  He painted I Have a Dream Speech,  Baby by Justin Bieber, etc.  Each color give off a certain sound.  That why he was able to make those painting.  Black people are dark orange and white people are light orange.  He is going to create a device that keeps track of time.   
Conclusion
Wow the technology is amazing!!!!!  But its crazy as hell.  I'm all 4 external technology.  I don't want any internal technology.  I rather develop extrasensory perception naturally.  There are many practices/techniques one could use instead gigabyting themselves.  I rather die than be a cyborg.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson
https://www.cyborgfoundation.com/
https://www.transpeciessociety.com/


                                        

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