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CUMULATIVE OR EVOLVING? “Is “cumulative culture” synonymous with “cultural evolution”? In principle, evolutionary change can be noncumulative, involving changes in trait frequencies over time such as occurs with genetic drift or local adaptive changes in gene frequencies. In this sense, nonhuman, noncumulative cultural change can justifiably be called cultural evolution.” http://www.pnas.org/content/114/30/7853.full View in LinkedIn

"WORD LENS Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really. Ever been confused at a restaurant in a foreign country and wish you could just scan your menu with your iPhone and get an instant translation? Well as of today you are one step closer thanks to Word Lens from QuestVisual. “It tries to find out what the letters are and then looks in the dictionary. Then it draws the words back on the screen in translation.” https://lnkd.in/dk9hhKg View in LinkedIn

FITNESS INCREASE. “Models of the evolution of culture show that cumulative culture is particularly effective at increasing mean population fitness beyond the population fitness of noncumulative cultural species.” http://www.pnas.org/content/114/30/7853.full View in LinkedIn

WIRED COUPLE. "In addition to being able to measure the nerve signals transmitted along the nerve fibres in Professor Wariwck’s left arm, the implant was also able to create artificial sensation by stimluating via individual electrodes within the array. This bi-directional functionality was demonstrated with the aid of Kevin’s wife Irena and a second, less complex implant connecting to her nervous system." https://lnkd.in/dYHnAcN View in LinkedIn

EARLY ADOPTER. "On the 14th of March 2002 a one hundred electrode array was surgically implanted into the median nerve fibres of the left arm of Professor Kevin Warwick. The operation was carried out at Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford ... Professor Warwick was able to control an electric wheelchair and an intelligent artificial hand ... using the neural interface." https://lnkd.in/dYHnAcN View in LinkedIn

CYBER-PIG. "Kevin Warwick has taken the first steps on this path, using himself as a guinea pig test subject receiving, by surgical operation, technological implants connected to his central nervous system. Overriding everything, at the expense of a normal life, is Kevin's all encompassing scientific quest and desire to be a Cyborg." https://lnkd.in/dC_wQEM View in LinkedIn

CYBER-PIG. "Kevin Warwick has taken the first steps on this path, using himself as a guinea pig test subject receiving, by surgical operation, technological implants connected to his central nervous system. Overriding everything, at the expense of a normal life, is Kevin's all encompassing scientific quest and desire to be a Cyborg." https://lnkd.in/dC_wQEM View in LinkedIn

CYBORG. "Professor Kevin Warwick, the world's leading expert in Cybernetics, here he unveils the story of how he became the worlds first Cyborg in a ground breaking set of scientific experiments. The possibility exists to enhance human capabilities. To harness the ever increasing abilities of machine intelligence, to enable extra sensory input and to communicate in a much richer way, using thought alone." https://lnkd.in/dC_wQEM View in LinkedIn

CYBORG. "Professor Kevin Warwick, the world's leading expert in Cybernetics, here he unveils the story of how he became the worlds first Cyborg in a ground breaking set of scientific experiments. The possibility exists to enhance human capabilities. To harness the ever increasing abilities of machine intelligence, to enable extra sensory input and to communicate in a much richer way, using thought alone." https://lnkd.in/dC_wQEM View in LinkedIn