Yu et al. (2016) demonstrated that algorithms designed to find efficient routes in standard mazes can be integrated with the natural processes controlling rat navigation and spatial choices, and they pointed out the promise of such "cyborg intelligence" for biorobotic applications. Here, we briefly describe Yu et al.'s work, explore its relevance to the study of comparative cognition, and indic...

This study aims to shed light on the debate about the futures of gender, by taking into account its significance in the current development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyborg technologies and robotics. Its reflections are sustained by empirical data obtained between November 2010 and January 2011, when the author engaged in a study related to Gender and Artificial Intelligence at the Depar...

As we become more and more enhanced with cyborg technology, significant issues of law and policy are raised. For example, as cyborg devices implanted within the body create a class of people with enhanced motor and computational abilities, how should the law and policy respond when the abilities of such people surpass those of the general population? And what basic human and legal rights should...

1. The 'Cyborg Drive' Recording Technology Following the first generation 'Warp Drive' that holds 144 single micro-electrodes (Hoffman and McNaughton, 2002; Battaglia et al., 2004), the 'Cyborg' Drive was developed in collaboration with Neuralynx, Inc. (Tucson, AZ). The Cyborg Drive holds 240 electrodes in a 12x20 array with 675 micron spacing between cannulae (Figure S1). The advantages of the...

The Ontology of " Online Being " and the (re)allocation of the " Ciborg " notion. INTRODUCTION: Cyborgs and their role inside cyberculture studies. The term " cyborg " , is becoming more and more popular these days, especially among " cyberculture " studies. A cyborg, in the broadest sense, is referred as a transgressive mixture between " cybernetics " and an " organism " , or in more theoretic...