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Cyber Cyborgs Among Us

 Not quite human...and not quite machine

I recently had the privilege to interview Len Noe on the Set Solutions podcast. Not only is Len an awesome human being...he's also a little bit more than human being. Sometimes referred to as cyborgs, grinders, transhuman, or biohackers. Len has augmented his own biology with technology in order to begin transforming himself into the ultimate cyber weapon.

He has multiple implants in his hands that can be used to support different types of cyber attacks. He introduced multiple different attack scenarios during his talk at the RSA Conference "Biohacking: The Invisible Threat", and will be covering them again at BlackHat USA later this year!!!


While there still remains a stigma and some controversy around this trend, I would argue that Len is just ahead of his time. With multiple major R&D firms investing in similar capabilities (such as Elon Musk's Neuralink), Len and others like him, are blazing a trail for what lies in the future.

“The Singularity will represent the culmination of the merger of our biological thinking and existence with our technology, resulting in a world that is still human but that transcends our biological roots. There will be no distinction, post-Singularity, between human and machine or between physical and virtual reality. If you wonder what will remain unequivocally human in such a world, it’s simply this quality: ours is the species that inherently seeks to extend its physical and mental reach beyond current limitations.”  

-- Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology


Check out the full interview on the "Ready, Set, Secure" podcast at the link below, or wherever you download your podcasts.


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