body modifications

A form of transhumanism, body modifications are made to enhance the human form.

Carrier lost
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. It’s one of those trite aphorisms that means nothing of course, hearkening back to the times of organic matter and bodies that compressed gasses and passed them through pressurized tubes across membranes that controlled the vibrations in the gaseous material and transmitted sound. Sound. Imagine that. Sound…
By Chris Buchanan3 years ago in Futurism
Into Darkness
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I can hear everything. A vibration of noises sings a disturbing melody all around me. I feel as though something terrible has happened, but my mind is entrapped in confusion.
By Ashley Shiflett3 years ago in Futurism
The Astrals of the Iron Lake
Anthropology Log: 45th of September, 7840 I’m beginning this log with a brief introduction into the culture I will be involving myself with for the next several months. They call themselves Astrum Sapiens, or simply Astrals, referring to a Latin word signifying stars, constellations, or heaven. They exist on the periphery of the Iron Lake, maybe 100 miles due north of the New Chicago Republic, though their existence in similar circumstances in several other places in the world has been noted by my friend and colleague Hamish La Parc from the University of Versailles. The conditions surrounding the Iron Lake are particularly interesting to me, as I remember hearing about them as a young boy and being absolutely enthralled by the concept of a lake of extraterrestrial ferrofluid that responded so strongly to the reversing of the magnetic field of the earth it created new life. It was Dr. Juni Lao who first explained to me that she was not convinced that the lake had created life at all, so much as it had simply influenced the life around it during the last magnetic shift. She stated that, because strong electromagnetic fields can have psychological effects on people, it was reasonable to assume that the Iron Lake had merely influenced much of the local population into behaving differently.
By Ren4 years ago in Futurism
LIPOSUCTION SURGERY COST IN DELHI: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST AND HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE?
How much does Liposuction Surgery Cost In Delhi? If you’re interested in getting liposuction surgery in Delhi, or anywhere else in India, the first thing you might want to know is how much it will cost you. Although each surgeon will have his or her own fee schedule, the basic costs of liposuction surgery in India typically include these components: surgery facility fees, anesthesiologist fees, surgeon fees and anesthesia charges.
By Eterna Vision And Aesthetics4 years ago in Futurism
Will Intelligent Life on Earth Be Cybernetic in the Future?
The First Cybernetic Life Forms Emerged from the Human Species Nowadays computers and robots have developed so much, that we can no longer imagine life without them, and the dependence of humans on cybernetic life will increase in the future. Why? It’s very simple. The cybernetic regnum has emerged as a symbiotic regnum of the animal regnum. It sounds strange, right? Not if we analyze the evolution of cybernetic life.
By Algieba4 years ago in Futurism
Head Transplantation and the Mereological Fallacy
I recently (if you consider 2016 recent. lol!) posted a comment discussing my views on the current state of cognitive neuroscience and neurophilosophy. In it I attacked the position of many modern practitioners in these fields by citing the so called “mereological” fallacy. This logical position grows naturally out of the philosophical tradition of Wittgenstein and has been adopted by a few brave neurophilosophers. In The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Neuroscience B&H systematically deconstruct the arguments of cognitive neuroscience and expose the logical contradictions at the heart of many of their mainstream systems of beliefs. Simply put the mereological fallacy shows the logical contradictions inherent in assigning states of consciousness to a part of a being rather than to its whole. Specifically they demonstrate that attempting to locate consciousness in parts of the brain is doomed to failure. Logic dictates that a brain, while necessary to the condition of consciousness, is not alone sufficient to be IN a state of consciousness.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Futurism
They were pioneers...
A bright and cheerful voice filled the climate-controlled room. ‘Good morning Fallon, it is November 14th, 2065. Your time to wake today is 6.30am. Your morning exercise routine starts in five minutes. Your shower will begin at 6.55am and finish at 6.58am. Breakfast today will consist of fruit only. Information regarding your nutritional requirements for the day has been sent to the food preparation terminal”.
By Helen Hawley4 years ago in Futurism
THE EVOLUTION OF SEX
The need for tactile closeness always deluded me. I observe these two now, on the tube home. No doubt an afternoon of drinking and longing and gentle brush strokes to the back of their respective hands, creating a chemical furore within the coiled depths of equal sexes.
By Dom Watson 4 years ago in Futurism
Living Robots Are Now Capable of Mass Self-Reproduction. Top Story - December 2021.
We have stepped into a new future, a "Twilight Zone" future where robots called xenobots can now procreate. The possibilities of this new biological capability are both awe-inspiring, and scary.
By Ken4 years ago in Futurism
The Runner
The Runner That locket was the key to everything, but no one paid noticed it because it was sitting in a trash heap by the border in Astoria. This locket was on an exceptionally long chain that looked like intertwined leaves. The locket itself was a heart-shaped rose complete with a stem and thorns. Made of a pinkish gold, the metal was almost dull looking because of all the dirt. If you opened the locket, you would see a picture of a young girl no more than 5 with brown curly hair decorated with pink clips; a butterscotch complexion with the biggest brown eyes and dimples you have ever seen. On the other side of the locket, a set of letters and numbers etched into the metal: A538G2-64. What this all means right now is nothing because it is not time yet. Right now, this locket is just another piece of garbage sitting in a trash heap. What is more important is how it was found…
By Nicole Brown5 years ago in Futurism
Lock & Key
“Hey, would you have some time to talk?” Carlos looks up from his screen. Anthony is standing on the other side of the door, leaning against the wall and nervously biting his thumb nail. This is the first time the couple have spoken in over a week. A week of gifts and flowers and letters and space and knocking and an empty bed.
By Jane Videla5 years ago in Futurism
Human Glitch
Shirley Branson felt a twinge in her chest. At age 98 she had felt many things in her chest – love, congestion, indigestion, pride, and pressure among them. But rarely if ever a twinge.
By Gene Lass5 years ago in Futurism