Kevin Warwick. Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is a British engineer and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research in the field of robotics. Biography[edit] Kevin Warwick was born in 1954 in Coventry in the United Kingdom. He attended Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby, Warwickshire. He subsequently held positions at Oxford, Newcastle and Warwick universities before being offered the Chair in Cybernetics at the University of Reading in 1987.
By the age of 40 he had been awarded higher doctorates (D.Sc.) by both Imperial College and by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague for his research output in completely separate areas. Work[edit] Kevin Warwick speaking at the Tomorrow's People conference in 2006 hosted by Oxford University. Artificial intelligence[edit] Bioethics[edit] Deep brain stimulation[edit] Public awareness[edit] Kevin Warwick outlines his plan to become one with his computer. Cyborg 1.0 Kevin Warwick outlines his plan to become one with his computer. I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place.
I believe it's something we have the power to change. In August 1998, a silicon chip was implanted in my arm, allowing a computer to monitor me as I moved through the halls and offices of the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, just west of London, where I've been a professor since 1988.
Eighteen months from now, or possibly sooner, I will conduct a follow-up experiment with a new implant that will send signals back and forth between my nervous system and a computer. We are in discussions with Dr. My first implant was inserted by Dr. While we ultimately may need to place implants nearer to the brain - into the spinal cord or onto the optic nerve, where there is a more powerful setup for transmitting and receiving specific complex sensory signals - the arm is an ideal halfway point.
Page 2 >> Hands On. When I open my front door, I don't reach for a key. When I log into my computer, I don't touch my keyboard. When I start my motorcycle, again, no key needed. Instead, I just wave my hand and I'm in business. I was one of the first do-it-yourselfers to have a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag implanted under my skin. In fact, I have two--one between the thumb and index finger in my left hand, the other in the matching spot on my right hand. So what's a nice guy like me doing with a microchip in each of my hands? That bulky key ring got me thinking.
I considered biometric authorization, in which access is granted only if a scanned physiological trait, such as a fingerprint or the pattern of an iris, matches a pattern stored in a database. Two weeks later, I was sitting in a doctor's office. In an RFID ”lock ” system, each RFID tag, which is essentially a minitransmitter, sends out a sequence of radio-frequency pulses representing a unique number, usually 10 to 16 digits in length. Latest Launch Brings China Closer to ‘GPS’ Of Its Own | Danger Room. At 5:30 on Sunday morning, the Chinese government fired a Long March 3A rocket into orbit. It carried a navigation satellite — the fifth in a planned constellation of 30 or more Beidou orbiters that Beijing hopes will soon rival America’s Global Positioning System.
For years, the U.S. Air Force has owned and operated the system that the rest of the world uses to find its way home, synch its financial transactions (thanks to the GPS timing service), and bring its ships to port. That’s given America a huge military advantage; GPS enables America’s bombs to be targeted with incredible precision. It’s also made other countries nervous: What if the Pentagon decided to mess with the GPS signal in the middle of a war? Enter Beidou (“Compass”), China’s GPS alternative. “A global positioning system is crucial to any country’s national security and defense,” the Chinese official in charge of the program tells People’s Daily Online.
In 2008, Moscow opened up GLONASS access to civilians. See Also: Near field communication. A summary of near-field communication Near field communication (NFC) is a set of ideas and technology that enables smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching the devices together or bringing them into proximity to a distance of typically 10 cm (3.9 in) or less. Early business models such as advertising and industrial applications were not successful, having been overtaken by alternative technologies such as barcodes or UHF tags, but what distinguishes NFC is that devices are often cloud connected.
All NFC-enabled smartphones can be provided with dedicated apps including 'ticket' readers as opposed to the traditional dedicated infrastructure that specifies a particular (often proprietary) standard for stock ticket, access control and payment readers. By contrast all NFC peers can connect to a third party NFC device that acts as a server for any action (or reconfiguration). History[edit] Design[edit] Standards[edit] NFC Protocol stack overview. RFID Experimenters Kit. RFID is an exciting new technology that is finding its way into a variety of different industries; pet identification, keyless entry, hospitals, inventory management and tracking, tollway collections, security, data collection, wildlife tracking, and much more. Now you can experiment on your own with this great starter kit. This kit includes everything needed to get started: The RedBee RFID Reader is a ground breaking first in many areas.
Capable of being used as a tethered device to a PC or microcontrollers OR as a preprogrammed stand alone device it is the only hobby reader with both. The RedBee comes default with USB and TTL serial with the ability to add Xbee for wireless communitcation. RFID LoginA computer is the heart of any true tech geek lair. RFID DeadboltKeys are so 1800s man! RFID SafeNeed to hide your secret files or retrieve your pocket spy camera in a hurry?
RFID RacersA great weekend project for parent and child or party entertainment for any age. Thought-controlled wheelchairs and bionics that 'feel' 17 February 2011Last updated at 20:33 By Neil Bowdler Science reporter, BBC News, Washington DC Watch the prototype wheelchair in action Thought-controlled wheelchairs and nerve-controlled prosthetic arms are some of the latest innovations in bionics being discussed at a science conference in Washington. The wheelchair can be directed by brain signals detected using a cap fitted to the user and is the work of scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL). It is part of efforts to control machines directly via brain signals, which could lead to new devices for the paralysed and disabled.
Nerve surgery The main focus of bionics to date has been on providing prosthetics for amputees. Prosthetic arms can now be controlled by nerve signals in the remaining arm, which can be picked up by electric sensors on the skin. "If you touch the person on this 'reinnervated' skin, they feel their missing hand. Elective amputation.