Human Machines

Mind-Blowing Possibilities Guest: Cindy Chestek, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan Brain-machine interfaces are not the stuff of science fiction. They're here. And they're being used to help amputees and paraplegics. This technology is constantly improving and could be widely used someday. Life from the Perspective of a Cyborg Guest: Thad Starner; wearable computing pioneer, Technical Lead on Google Glass, and a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we could remember everything?  How much could we accomplish if our brains functioned more like supercomputers? For one man, this is a reality. Thad Starner has been wearing a computer since 1993—a computer which acts as a kind of second memory, an external hard drive. He weighs in on his personal experience as well as some exciting developments in the world of wearable computing.