Tim Cannon

Tim Cannon is an American 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, Cannon represented Grindhouse as a finalist for the "Health & Medicine" award at the World Technology Award summit in New York City.^[3]

Cannon 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] the Medical Entrepreneur Startup Hospital,^[8] and others. He has been published in Wired^[9] and featured in television shows such as National Geographic Channel’s Taboo^[10] and "The Big Picture with Kal Penn".^[11][12] Tim is currently signed with speaking agency Laurinci Speakers,^[13] and has been featured on podcasts including Ryan O'Shea's Future Grind ^[14] and Roderick Russell's Remarkably Human.^[15]

Implants

In October 2013, Cannon 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][16] The device automatically sent Cannon's temperature to his phone, was powered wirelessly through inductive charging, and mimicked bioluminescence with subdermal LEDs.^[17][18] As an initial proof-of-concept test, the device was removed a few months later after it was deemed a success. He 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.^[19]

He 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.^[20][21][22]

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