Lightweight bionic zaps muscles to help you walk longer, faster
The AI-powered Neural Sleeve electrically stimulates the leg muscles to help people with mobility issues walk faster and longer.
What ever happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans?
For decades, people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine.
Series | Just Might Work
Inside the lab creating human eggs from scratchWatch“In a 50 year timeframe this could become the default way that people choose to have children.”
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An old HIV drug may treat Down syndrome
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How Daybreaker turned “sober morning raves” into a worldwide movement
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How child mortality fell from 40% to 3.7% in 200 years
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Biohacking In Action
Series | Biohackers
I got a chip implanted in a biohacking garage
Underground “biohackers” are enhancing their bodies with tech implants. Freethink Director Chase Pipkin decided to try it out.
Series | Biohackers
I got a chip implanted in a biohacking garage
Biohacking and the Arts
Series | Biohackers
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