Biohybrid Bodies

Exciting opportunity! #LivingMachines2025 conference is coming to Sheffield, UK, bringing together researchers in #bioinspired and #biohybrd systems. Submit your contributions by 30 March! Learn more and apply here: livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/ #LivingMachines2025 #Biohybrids

Our @itdfproject issue is now the current @MedHums_BMJ publication. It's a wonderful collection of approaches to disability, technology and the future and I'm proud that so many contributors are disabled non-academics and recognised here as researchers. mh.bmj.com/content/50/4?c…

Probably the last post we make on here (moving to @nedbarker.bsky.social). Happy to share that our paper on Hybrid Performances in Sport with @harrybparker is now out @MedHums_BMJ Check it out mh.bmj.com/content/early/…

The Lab seminar by @CareyJewitt & Sara Price on July 10th, 2024 is available online: The Digital Touch book launch @IOE_London @IoeResearch mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/116975

‘Differently abled’: new Paris exhibition reveals how attitudes to paralympic sport have changed theconversation.com/differently-ab…

Are you doing research in bioinspired, biohybrid, and biomimetic #robotics? The #LivingMachines organizing committee has partnered with @Nature_NPJ Robotics to organize a Collection titled "Living Machines". You can learn more and submit a paper here: nature.com/collections/jb…

@allisonl Managed to get a proxy vote as traveling for conferences!

Voted. If you have a vote in the UK sure you vote today! #GE2024 #generalection2024

This fleshy, pink smiling face is made from living human skin cells, and was created as part of an experiment to let robots show emotion. Read more 👉 newscientist.com/article/243685…

@e_kamenjasevic Looking forward to reading!

🤖 My new paper dealing with the ethics and human rights of human mood enhancement technology is available in open access here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@profgeraintrees @EverydayCyborgs

World first epilepsy device fitted in UK boy's skull bbc.com/news/articles/…

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… BBC Click episode on new technologies around the Olympics Swim Suits Athletes in VR (for spectators & training) AI Judges & Talent spotting New mountain bikes opening up routes for Mountain Biking in the Paralympics Sport continues to slowly evolve

🌍CYBATHLON 2024: Oct 25-27 in Zurich & Local Hubs! 🏆 80 teams from 27 countries at 10 local hubs in 8 disciplines and 10 challenging tasks each. 🎟️ Secure your tickets today! cybathlon.ethz.ch/en/cybathlon-2…

Really looking forward to Living Machines 24 and our workshop on 'Preparing for Human Biohybrid Robot Interactions'! livingmachinesconference.eu/2024/workshops/

Our network called for such a workshop, and delighted that you agreed to lead it for us!!

10th July. 'Digital Touch' book Launch #20YearsKnowledgeLab @IN_TOUCH_UCL highlight After appearing on podcasts produced by others InTouch begin to create their own series with an array of guests & talking all things digital touch in-touch-digital.com/category/in-to… pic.twitter.com/dcNjW3Fepx

In 2022/3 lab researchers @PhillHarniess & @nedbarker10 worked with colleagues from across UCL to write a #Manifesto for #Collaborative #Research Today it has been selected for UCL's Research Culture Showcase 2024 ucl.ac.uk/research/event…

Ned Barker & Joana Burd are now telling us about biohybrid systems and how they have worked with the flower Jambu in Biohybrid Buzz @BiohybridB #creativemachines

Abstracts & Bio's for tomorrow's Creative Machines Symposium are online, going to be a great day! cyborgsoloists.com/creative-machi… Here is our abstract @cyborgsoloists

moving swiftly from assistive technology to the technological superhuman - from being seen as 'courageous' to a 'threat' Hugh Hurr says "after 1 year of climbing with his new legs he was better than ever" youtube.com/watch?v=z6_0nI…