Grindhouse Wetware
Grindhouse Wetware is an open source biotechnology startup company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Grindhouse applies the biohacker ethic to create technology that augments human capabilities. The company is most well known for their Circadia device, a wireless biometric sensor that was implanted into co-founder Tim Cannon in October 2013.[1] Grindhouse was nominated for a corporate award in the Health & Medicine category of the 2014 World Technology Awards summit in New York City.[2] Grindhouse has been featured in television shows such as Taboo on National Geographic Channel,[3] Joe Rogan Questions Everything on Syfy,[4], an upcoming episode of "The Big Picture with Kal Penn", [5] and others.
Projects
- Circadia is an implantable device that sends biometric data wirelessly via Bluetooth to a phone or tablet and is powered through inductive charging.[6] The first ever Circadia implant occurred in October 2013 in Essen, Germany, when body modification artist Steve Haworth implanted the device into Grindhouse co-founder Tim Cannon.[1]
- Northstar is a planned implant which will feature gesture recognition, can detect magnetic north, and mimics bioluminescence with subdermal LEDs.[7]
- Bottlenose is a wearable technology device that uses implanted or haptic magnets as data inputs to transmit information to the user through nerves.[8][9][10]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The DIY Cyborg | VICE | United States". vice.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "Grindhouse Wetware | The World Technology Network". wtn.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ http://ngc-uat.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/galleries/pierced-hooked/at/magnet-implant-1511680/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZNI8SH8mao
- ↑ http://www.foxflash.com/national-geographic-channel/big-picture-kal-penn/big-picture-kal-penn/photos/episodic?page=1
- ↑ "Move Over Wearables, Make Way for Invisibles". cisco.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "Meet the grinders: The humans using tech to live forever". wareable.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "What You Need to Know About Getting Magnetic Finger Implants". io9.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "The brave new world of biohacking | Al Jazeera America". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "Biohackers work toward building $6M man on do-it-yourself budget". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.