Tim Cannon

Tim Cannon
Tim Cannon with the Circadia implant in his forearm, 2013
Born	(1979-09-11) September 11, 1979 Camden, OH
Occupation	CIO of Grindhouse Wetware

Tim Cannon is a software developer, entrepreneur, and biohacker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known as the co-founder and Chief Information Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, a biotechnology startup company that creates technology to augment human capabilities.^[1][2] In 2014, Tim represented Grindhouse as a finalist for the "Health & Medicine" award at the World Technology Award summit in New York City.^[3]

Tim has spoken at conferences around the world on the topics of human enhancement, futurism, and citizen science, including at TEDx Rosslyn,^[4] FITUR,^[5] the University of Maryland,^[6] the World Business Dialogue,^[7] and others. He has been published in Wired^[8] and featured in television shows such as National Geographic Channel’s Taboo^[9] and an upcoming episode of "The Big Picture with Kal Penn". ^[10]

Implants

In October 2013, Tim became the first person to be implanted with the Grindhouse-designed biometric sensor known as Circadia, a procedure which was performed by body modification artist Steve Haworth in Essen, Germany.^[1][11] The device automatically sent Tim's temperature to his phone, was powered wirelessly through inductive charging, and mimicked bioluminescence with subdermal LEDs.^[12][13] As an initial proof-of-concept test, the device was removed a few months later after it was deemed a success. Tim is currently working to design an improved, consumer-friendly version of his Circadia implant that measures additional biometrics such as blood glucose, blood oxygen, blood pressure, and heart rate data.^[14]

Tim currently has a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and a magnetic implant in his hands, causing him to be labelled a cyborg by media outlets including Business Insider, Newsweek, The Awl, and others.^[15][16][17]

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