I, Cyborg

I, Cyborg

by KevinWarwick (Author)

Synopsis

This title records what happened when, in February 2002, the author and then his wife had computer chips placed into their nervous systems, linked to a computer. Can their emotions and experiences be read and recorded and beamed back into the chips so that feelings can be re-experienced?

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Century
Published: 01 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0712669884
ISBN 13: 9780712669887
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Media Reviews
An intriguing account by Britain's - and the world's - leading expert in cybernetics of his experiment: for the first time ever artificial intelligence was implanted in a human - himself. In February of this year, Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University, had a computer chip surgically inserted into his nervous system and then, when the safety of this operation was ascertained, a similar chip was inserted in his wife. Both are linked to a computer. A key part of the experiment involves the hope that emotions and experiences will be read in terms of patterns of nervous excitement from the chip into the computer. This great British breakthrough was a huge news story around the world with the experiment's huge medical and scientific implications for the future; the book will create much interest.
Author Bio
Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading. He carries out research in artificial intelligence, control and robotics. At 22 he took his first degree at Ashton University followed by a PhD and a research post at Imperial College, London. He subsequently heldPositions at Oxford, Newcastle and Warwick Universities before taking up the Professorship at Reading in1988. He has two children and lives with his Czech wife in Reading.