Cyborg Enhancements

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If you have used the NuVu Platform before AND you remember your password, then skip to STEP 4 and 5. If this is your first time using the Platform or if you have forgotten your password, then follow all of the steps below.

STEP 1: In the top-right corner, click the word "login."

STEP 2: When the black menu appears, click "reset password," and enter your school email address, and then click "Send Password Reset Link."

STEP 3: Check your school email account for an email from NuVu. Be sure to check your junk email folder as well if you don't see the email in your inbox. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.

STEP 4: You should now see your name in the top right corner. Success! (your screen will look slightly different than mine). Under "Studios" click on our current studio, "Cyborg Enhancements". You can also find this studio by clicking on your name in the top right corner.

STEP 5: You are now on the landing page for our studio for the rest of the term! To let me know that you have succeeded in making it this far, make a celebratory comment under the post "comment here!" This post will only appear if you have logged in successfully.

If you have used the NuVu Platform before AND you remember your password, then skip to STEP 4 and 5. If this is your first time using the Platform or if you have forgotten your password, then follow all of the steps below.

STEP 1: In the top-right corner, click the word "login."

STEP 2: When the black menu appears, click "reset password," and enter your school email address, and then click "Send Password Reset Link."

STEP 3: Check your school email account for an email from NuVu. Be sure to check your junk email folder as well if you don't see the email in your inbox. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.

STEP 4: You should now see your name in the top right corner. Success! (your screen will look slightly different than mine). Under "Studios" click on our current studio, "Cyborg Enhancements". You can also find this studio by clicking on your name in the top right corner.

STEP 5: You are now on the landing page for our studio for the rest of the term! To let me know that you have succeeded in making it this far, make a celebratory comment under the post "comment here!" This post will only appear if you have logged in successfully.

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Session 3: Aug 3-14, 2020

With modern advances, it is now common to see robots that run like animals, humans with superhuman senses, remote control cockroaches, and fantastical virtual worlds as rich and complex as the real world. New advances are creating smarter prostheses that allow individuals to use technology to become MORE than human. Individuals on the avant-garde of human-machine implants can see sound, hear colors, and sense north. With these technological advances, humans can become cyborgs who have the potential to experience the world in ways unimaginable to unaltered humans. What are the possibilities for superhuman cyborgs, and how can you envision yourself as a future cyborg?

In this studio, we will explore the creation of human-cyborg enhancements. Students will work with experts in prosthetics, robotics, and future visioning. They will learn from cyborgs pioneers like Neil Harbisson, who has a sensor to help him see color, Moon Ribas, who can feel earthquakes, and Kevin Warwick, who is on a mission to become the world’s first complete cyborg. Why sit back and let the future happen when you can be part of creating that future?

We will look at the fundamentals of mechatronics and use microprocessor electronics, 3D modeling software, and prototyping techniques to design, build and activate enhancements. What was once a theory is becoming a fantastic reality which we will explore through our cyborg creations!

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Focus Skills/Subjects/Technologies:

Industrial Design