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coochiequeens · 2 years

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Only someone deep in the gender cult could encourage everyone to get “chips, magnets and antennae” implanted without considering the risk of these things enabling abusers and stalkers.

UK — England. A British transhumanist, whose body contains over 50 chips, magnets and antennae implanted over a 14-year period, was recently lauded by Business Insider as a genderless, posthuman hybrid of human and machine. The transhumanist, who has experienced at least one medical emergency as a result of the implants, expressed hope that more people will try similar experiments on their own bodies.

Lepht Anonym, a self-taught underground biohacker who works “with mostly implants, mostly in the field of sensory expansion,” runs the blog Sapiens Anonym, which has amassed over 600,000 followers since its June 2007 launch and become a key reference for aspiring transhumanists and biohackers.

She wrote in her Blogger.com bio: “Lepht Anonym is a faceless, genderless British biohacker. It lacks both gods and money, and likes people, science, and practical transhumanism.” The blog debunks religious beliefs, such as the Christian, Muslim and Jewish view of creationism and aspires to use formal logic and logical systems to bring human bodies past all natural limitations.

Anonym’s experiments on her body began in 2007, when a friend helped her implant a chip in her hand that would allow her to pay for purchases with her palm, eliminating the need to carry a credit card. A blog post details technology used, where to purchase parts, and steps to “install” the chip in the body.

She noted that she tends to undergo procedures without anesthesia, as she has trouble obtaining “any good anaesthetic, anything that ends in -caine.” She found instructions for mixing lidocaine on a survivalist website, but says she has never been able to get the mixture quite right. “If you dose it up too much, you can give yourself a heart attack.” She suggests “icing everything up,” insisting the pain is “worth it.”

In a 2011 presentation Cybernetics for the Masses, hosted by the Chaos Computer Club, which describes itself as “the largest European hacker association” and “a mediator in the field of tension between technical and social developments for over thirty years,” Anonym detailed plans to have the first “South Paw” created and implanted in her left leg. The concept is based on the concept of the North Paw, an anklet that tells the wearer which way is North, but uses different technology to make it smarter and more ideal for implantation.

Anonym, who said at the time that she was “bored” of experimenting alone, expressed hopes that others would follow her lead, adding: “It’s not self-harm if it does something, right?” She said to a round of applause: “Bodily health takes a big f**k off second seat to curiosity. It’s just not important.”

Some individuals seated in the audience said they would give it a try, leading Anonym to express surprise at the “better than I expected” response.

“She inspired me to get my first ND implant and its amazing!” a male using the feminine name Cassie Incarnate commented under a video of the event that was posted to YouTube. The fan, who is from Newcastle Upon Tyne, has a Twitter bio that simply states: “Make up, Hair, Clothes, Contacts, Alcohol, Sex, Drugs, Music, Clubs, Money, Gender f**ks, Mind f**ks, B**hes who suck, Tucks, A cups, C cups, B cups, Tea cups.”

Anonym advised people to perform the surgeries only on themselves, warning: “In England me doing this to any of you guys leads to 10 years in prison for mutilation with intent to scar.”

Asked what “repression” she has faced in Britain over the implants, particularly from doctors, Anonym replied: “[Doctors] have advised that I have them removed, but they can’t actually make you. … They just said they refuse to treat any medical problems that have anything to do with the implants because its self-inflicted.”

In January 2020, Anonym experienced a medical emergency as a result of an implanted device.

Described on her blog as a “‘pirate box’ device,” a “tiny little guy,” with “USB storage and wifi antenna,” the device was built to allow users to download or upload files or anonymously chat by just connecting it “via their phone or PC.” She presented the device at GrinderFest, an event for biohackers held in the US on March 31, 2019, before having it installed that May.

“we chose to put the device in my upper right arm, rather than the thigh as intended, due to worries about chafing. then we injected shitloads of lidocaine, and made a horizontal incision in the arm, which was then held open with retractors while a pocket big enough to hold the device was carved. at some point i recall we had to stop and put more lidocaine in, i think because the corners hurt more to carve out than i thought they would? anyway i bawled like a big baby at some point but it got installed in the end, and stitched up with a drain to help get rid of some of the fluid. i went off home (via a missed flight, but friends helped me sort it out & it was all OK in the end) and once i got back, pulled out the tube. this caused a large backup of about 50ml of fluid to spurt from the incision, completely overwhelming the little bit of sterile gauze i was trying to clean it with, which in turn surprised the hell out of Paul and kind of ruined the rug. was worth it if you ask me. “ - Lepht Anonym, grindfest 2019 and the big ol prototype

Seven months later, she experienced extreme swelling in her arm and went to an emergency room. Doctors “clearly thought this was an utterly bizarre thing to have done, and immediately admitted me for removal. They insisted it be removed and at this point a hole had opened up over one corner of the device, through which a lot of nasty goo was issuing, so I went with their opinion and let them take it out.”

Anonym lost strength in her right hand as a result of nerve damage sustained during the procedure, and advises: “So, cautionary tale. Don’t put enormous devices in your arms, folks.”

Her other makeshift surgeries include magnets implanted in her fingers, which allow her to sense the distance between hands and objects when activated by small coils of wire connected to infrared detector or other external sensors.

As to the reasons for her experiments on her body, Anonym wrote in the FAQ section of the blog: “I’d like to say I did it because I follow a grand tradition of self-experimenters in science, or that it was because practical transhumanism is more than a philosophy to me (it’s my life), but at least partly, I did it for kicks. I just wanted more senses; still do.”

Anonym said she used to “spit a tumblresque EDUCATE YOURSELF S**TLORD” when asked about gender. Now she finds the quickest and best to explain her perspective is to describe herself as “agender” or “genderless.”

She uses “it pronouns” for herself, but says she is not concerned with others who misgender her even if “I massively appreciate the people who do use the same language I do.” She elaborated in a post that borders on critique of transgender theory:

“i’m not talking about biological sex here. i have XX sex chromosomes, normal female secondary sex characteristics, no chest hair here. i’m not denying that this here meatshell is a female-type one rather than any theoretical ‘neutral’ type (i dunno, like a genetically modified construct shell or something.) i’m on about gender, as in, the social roles expected of men and women respectively. this is what people mean when they throw around ‘gender is a social construct’ – they mean there’s no brain difference between men and women that makes us behave in ‘masculine’ or ‘feminine’ ways, just differences in our upbringings and culture. (some people are using it wrong because they confuse gender with sex, but w/ev.) i’m of this opinion too, which makes me very unpopular with some people who are invested in the concept of having been born with a ‘male brain’ or a ‘female brain’ for whatever reason. [there’s some cool recent neurological research relevant here also.]

having got that out of the way, i have no problem whatsoever with people who are fine with their gender or the concept in general. if you wanna behave in line with the social role you’re prescribed and the ways you’re expected to behave, you do dah. same if you wanna take on the other role cause you identify deeply with that gender. “

#UK #british genderless transhumanist borg #Lepht Anonym #South paw

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girls-unawares · 7 years

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Lepht for girls-unawares, 3d-rendering, resizeable, 2017

#3d #art #transhumanism #biohacking #lepht anonym

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tradingmaps · 2 years

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Cyborg Anthropology pt. 2

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tincansamurai · 7 years

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look biohacking is cool as fuck and if i wasn’t squeamish and afraid of pain i would def be doing that shit. when i can go to berlin and i have money you bet i’m getting a magnet implant

#so many things i wanna do to my body but have no money for #tattoos and piercings and shit #so much money #lepht anonym made a guide on diy magnet implants but i can't do myself like that

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artsformyvoid · 2 years

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I would integrate advanced technology into my brain and body to live multiple generations. Like a super robot.

#transhumanism

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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 years

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The Pegleg: an implanted, meshing, networked mass-storage device that you sew into your skin

New biohacking from the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective (previously): the Pegleg, a stripped-down Piratebox (previously) based on a Raspberry Pi 0 with needless components removed and an extra wifi card soldered on.

The whole thing is coated in an implant-safe material and sewn under your skin, where it can be powered by an external battery that uses an induction coil to transmit power to it.

Like a regular Piratebox, the Pegleg is a meshing file-server that you fill with any files you want to share or keep, and which can be fetched from nearby wifi-enabled devices.

Unlike the Piratebox, the Pegleg can't be (easily) confiscated at a border crossing or other checkpoint, and the Constitutionality of compelling disclosure of keys or logins is more complex and muddled (possibly to the benefit of the bearer) than with other devices.

The device measures 2.56" x 1.18" x 0.196" and has so little metal that it hasn't set off airport metal detectors in field tests.

The first Pegleg was implanted in Lepht Anonym, and at least two other people have been implanted since.

The creators liken it to Johnny Mnemonic's implant in the William Gibson story and film of the same name, and speculate that it could be used to transport data that the bearer couldn't decrypt.

https://boingboing.net/2019/08/12/purloined-letters.html

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brucesterling · 5 years

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Biohacking Grinders in Austin

Less than 2 months from BDYHAX 2019 Speaker Sneak Preview Keep an eye out for official speaker announcements at Facebook and Twitter with #BDYHAX2019. You may even see some that haven't been announced yet! ;) Brian Bushway, of World Access for the Blind, teaches FlashSonar Echolocation; Samantha Payne, of OpenBionics UK Lepht Anonym, infamous London biohacker Mikey Siegel, of Consciousness Hacking Robin Arnott, of Orpheus Self Care Entertainment Michell Sans, optimum health doctor for women Valerian Sanga, leader in DIY Bio communities in Tanzania and elsewhere Joey Wong, biohacker startup CEO Vickie Sutton, expert in biohacking law and legal issues Cary Costello, intersex trans man studying and teaching identity Don Andres, leader in DIY Bio and biohacker communities in Latin America https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bdyhax-2019-human-augmentation-bodyhacking-and-biohacking-conference-tickets-48895632152 … *********** Register now! Registration is open for all events! Get Low Income pricing, be a Supporter, or even help us out as a volunteer. Low Income pricing ends Jan 31! BDYHAX 2019 @LZR Austin Austin, TX Sat-Sun, Feb 23-24, 2019

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mitigatedchaos · 6 years

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I've got it, you're either Nox Populi or Lepht Anonym. Which is it?

An interesting hypothesis.

You know, people have a lot of different ideas about my true identity.

There are some people that think I’m various other Tumblr users. There are people that think I’m secretly a video game developer covering my tracks so that I can indulge in politics without being destroyed by social media frenzy. And, of course, there are people that think I’m various other figures from outside of Tumblr, like you.

Even my nationality. People make their assumptions, but there are those who believe the most obvious answer probably isn’t the correct one. After all, how else might one hope to steer the heart of the Empire?

It’s fun to imagine, isn’t it - what person or organization could be responsible for this? Surely it’s too fun to ruin by actually telling you, although you should have little trouble ruling out organizations based on their previous behavior. Depending, of course, on how deeply you believe the game is played.

#anons #asks #transhumanism

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fumpkins · 6 years

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Would you hack your own body?

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Image caption An approximated 10,000 individuals now have chips under their skin – however this one is simply a mock-up!

At a stylish east London bar, a group of body hackers are advancing their factors for human enhancement to a jam-packed audience of primarily under-35 s, a number of whom are sporting piercings and tattoos.

Putting a chip under your skin is not so really various from getting a piercing or tattoo, argued among the panellists – other than there was typically less blood.

For some, transhumanism – the theory that the mankind can progress beyond its physical and psychological constraints with the aid of technology – is an important part of the development of society.

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Image caption Lepht Anonym has a lot of implants.

Bio-hacker Lepht Anonym has 9 implants and highly thinks exactly what she does will benefit mankind in addition to her own interest.

However she confesses can be agonizing.

” The magnets in my fingers truly, truly injured. They injure a lot that your vision goes white for a bit. Truly, truly agonizing.”

The magnets permit her to notice electro-magnetic radiation so she can inform if a gadget is on or off, whether a microwave is running and recognize where power lines are. All which, she confesses, is “not extremely beneficial”.

She likewise has a chip under her skin that lets her interact with her phone and unlock doors.

She hopes that the “primitive outcomes” she has actually attained can be utilized by other, more experienced individuals, to develop something much better.

” The bio-hacking neighborhood is a co-operative. It has to do with enhancing the lifestyle for individuals however in an useful method.”

Health problems

Not everybody is a fan of the pattern. Andreas Sjostrom, who leads CapGemini’s worldwide movement practice, had an implant in 2015 which enabled him to download his consumer number from airline company tickets and survive security gates with a swipe of his hand.

It got him discovered by security personnel at the airport and worked however he has actually considering that ended up being more negative about the technology.

” In order for this to be extensively utilized or embraced it needs to enhance on the existing circumstance,” he stated.

” The hardware that checks out such chips is developed for a flat surface area such as you ‘d discover in a card,” he described, including that chips in hands are typically not acknowledged by the readers.

” And, if everybody is pushing their hands on the reader, that is less sanitary.”

It is approximated that more than 10,000 individuals all over the world have chip implants in their bodies, making it far from mainstream however plainly a growing pattern.

The existing series of implants consists of magnets that are set up into fingertips, radio frequency recognition chips (RFiD) implanted in hands, as well as LED lights that can shine underneath the skin.

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Image caption The chips are small.

Chips utilized for opening doors bring a special identification number the can be checked out by a gadget connected to whatever you wish to open and one chip can bring several numbers indicating you do not require a different chip for whatever you wish to gain access to.

Amal Graafstra supplies such implants by means of his company Dangerous Things and believes there are 3 excellent needs to have an implant.

” All of us bring with us secrets, wallet and phone. These are significant problems, they are so crucial for modern-day life however everybody dislikes bring them.

” With a basic implant that utilizes less energy and brings less danger than a raucous, you can change them.”

He has the ability to gain access to not just his home however his vehicle by means of the implant under his skin, although he confesses that getting the gadget to deal with his vehicle needed “a little hacking”.

However he visualizes a future where chips can do much more – which, he forecasts, will draw in more individuals to the neighborhood of bio-hacking.

” If somebody might utilize an implant to obtain on the train, purchase coffee, protect their computer system, protect their information, enter their home, drive a vehicle – all these possible applications will force a lot more adoption.”

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Image caption Matt Eagles’ implant has actually left a scar on his chest and 2 little bumps on his head.

For Matt Eagles, the implant he has in his brain is not a high-end even a requirement to manage the Parkinson’s illness he has actually had considering that he was a kid.

He has 2 15 cm electrodes that run deep into his brain and produce 2 bumps on his head which he passionately describes as “infant giraffe horns”.

The implants are connected to a pulse generator in his chest, which interferes with the electrical signals to his brain and permits him to stroll.

” They have actually provided me back my self-respect. When you have a hard time to turn over in bed during the night or cannot rise to go to the restroom, to be unexpectedly able to do so is a substantial plus.”

It has actually likewise provided him back self-confidence to pursue his love of photography – he was a recognized football professional photographer at the 2012 Olympics – and, maybe most significantly, he has actually got wed.

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Image caption Some bio-hackers have actually gone one phase even more – setting off a modification in their own DNA.

Numerous regard medication as being the genuine mainstream application for bio-hacking, from cochlear implants which enhance hearing loss to clever tablets that can be consumed and gain access to, evaluate and control physical functions.

Some bio-hackers are prepared to go one action even more. In October 2017, Josiah Zayner, who has a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biophysics from the University of Chicago, injected his arm with DNA from a gene-editing tool called Crispr.

It is a stunt that he has considering that stated he is sorry for however his effort to modify his own genes – in this case to activate a hereditary modification in his cells to increase muscle mass – made headings at the time, mostly around the principles of such experimentation.

” There is a continuum in between treatment and improvement and it is hard to fix a limit in between where medication ends and improvement starts,” stated Prof John Harris, an ethicist from the University of Manchester.

” When it comes to gene modifying the tools are offered and fairly inexpensive and simple to utilize, however individuals would be very inexpedient to attempt it.”

There has actually likewise been objections on spiritual premises from some, with Mr Sjostrom getting unfavorable feedback from a group in the Christian neighborhood.

” They see implantable technology and presume completion of times are here which it is the mark of the monster. It is very important to understand the best ways to handle this technology from a doctrinal viewpoint.”

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macbethz · 7 years

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Can y'all believe lepht anonym is a real person like an honest to god genderless anarchist cyborg walking among us god bless

#they're like a character from a cyberpunk novel i love them #i wanna meet them one day they're my icon #h+#warlock wartalks

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dudartes · 6 years

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Aula 3 - Ubiquidade, transumanismo e singularidade.

A terceira palestra foi dada pelo Marcelo Pereira, e sinceramente, assim que você o ouve falar por dois minutos, já é o suficiente pra ficar impactado com a quantidade de informações e com as inovações ao redor do mundo da qual você nem fazia ideia.

Para começo de conversa, vamos definir os termos que foram utilizados para nos informar sobre a palestra e que são, consequentemente, bastante utilizados no curso:

Ubiquidade é, de forma resumida: estar presente ao mesmo tempo em vários lugares, a onipresença.

Transumanismo é uma filosofia que incentiva o uso da biotecnologia para superar limitações do corpo e melhorar as condições humanas.

Simbiose aqui é como na biologia, uma relação onde ambos se beneficiam.

Inteligência e Singularidade nesse contexto, pode ser resumida em três palavras: Lei de Moore, que consiste em um conceito onde os computadores (informática, no geral) dobre sua capacidade de processamento a cada 18 meses, essa lei está em vigor há mais de 30 anos.

Com isso, na primeira parte da palestra sendo sobre Ubiquidade, Marcelo dividiu as eras computacionais em:

Era dos mainframes: onde o computador era de grande porte e estava longe de ser algo pessoal e vai dos anos 40 aos 70.

Era da computação pessoal: ocorre no período dos anos 70-00, onde o tamanho diminui relativamente e ele se torna mais “individual” no sentido de que quem usa agora são normalmente grupos já estabelecidos como a família, por exemplo.

Era da computação ubíqua/pervasiva: consiste em um computador individual, uso diário e facilidade, pode ser classificada até o ano de 2010 mais ou menos. A parte pervasiva, é quando a tecnologia existe mas se torna imperceptível, ela basicamente só funciona, e é mais ou menos os dias atuais.

Após essa parte, o Marcelo nos contou sobre Xerox PARC e o Alan Kay (obviamente!) e sobre o Mark Weiser também. que não tendo sido o fundador da Xerox PARC, foi uma pessoa muito importante pro desenvolvimento da mesma. Basicamente, como ainda estávamos no conceito ubiquidade, o Weiser foi responsável pela criação da computação ubíqua e o Alan Kay pelas “modernas” interfaces gráficas. Você pode encontrar mais sobre isso aqui.

Quando entramos em transumanismo/simbiose, o que mais chama atenção e vem a cabeça é o biohacking (”a crença de que é possível, e também desejável, alterar fundamentalmente a condição humana através do uso de tecnologias e fazer um ser humano superior.”)

No exemplo dado, ele nos apresentou um vídeo sobre Lepht Anonym, uma biohacking que implantou CINQUENTA chips e ímãs no corpo para se tornar “melhor”.

Nessa imagem, Lepht tinha feito um procedimento em um dos chips que possui implantado na mão.

Além dela, é possível encontrar vários outros exemplos de biohacking relativamente conhecidos, como o Rob Spence, que literalmente, trocou um olho por uma câmera.

O assunto gera uma polêmica enorme envolvendo ética, biologia e afins. Ambos os lados são compreensivos e os argumentos válidos, sobre o assunto, eu encontrei dois TEDx Talks que amei: Implants & Technology -- The Future of Healthcare? Kevin Warwick at TEDxWarwick, Biohacking - the forefront of a new kind of human evolution: Amal Graafstra at TEDxSFU.

Por fim, temos a parte constituída por Inteligência e Singularidade, que corresponde relativamente a Realidade Virtual e a Realidade Aumentada.

Durante essa arte da palestra, ele nos deu sugestões de filmes que se encaixam no tema, como: 13° andar e Transcendence. Como ainda não assisti, não posso dar minha opinião, mas pelo que pesquisei, ambas envolvem bastante a relação humana com a tecnologia.

Além disso, ele exemplificou o termo com o jogo SimCity (que provavelmente o mundo inteiro conhece) e o Replika (fruto de Black Mirror), que é um aplicativo caracterizado para criar um clone seu utilizando a inteligência artificial. Basicamente, o app vai capturando todas as suas informações, jeitos e manias enquanto você conversa com ele. Eu baixei e me diverti bastante, tentei explicar para o meu pai e foi extremamente delicado e engraçado porque ele simplesmente não entendia a função daquilo (HAHAHA).

E assim, terminou uma das minhas palestras favoritas e absurdamente completas, é até difícil escrever incluindo algo de “fora” através de pesquisar. Se essa aula fosse um filme, seria o filme com mais plot twists da história e ainda assim, não perderia a graça, a surpresa só aumentaria.

Até a próxima.

Referências:

http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-37991063; https://mude.nu/biohacking/;

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser;

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay;

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularidade_tecnol%C3%B3gica;

https://www.tecmundo.com.br/curiosidade/701-o-que-e-a-lei-de-moore-.htm;

https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2017/08/o-que-e-replika-app-usa-inteligencia-artificial-para-criar-um-clone-seu.ghtml;

#ubiquidade #design #midiasdigitais #inovação #tecnologia

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