John Donoghue
Father of the Cyborgs
'Father of the Cyborgs' looks at the fascinating life and career of Irish neuroscientist Dr Phil Kennedy. In the late 1990s he made global headlines for implanting several wire electrodes in the brain of a paralysed man and then teaching the locked-in patient to control a computer cursor with his mind. He was compared to Alexander Graham Bell in The Washington Post and became known as 'The Father of the Cyborgs'.
I Am Human
Meet several of the world's first "cyborgs" - a tetraplegic, a blind man, an artist with Parkinson’s - and the scientists and entrepreneurs on a quest to unlock the secrets of the brain. As these pioneers grapple with the unique opportunities of advanced brain technology, we’re forced to reconcile with the larger implications: will the same technologies that heal the sick allow us to develop superhuman abilities, communicate telepathically, and enhance our own cognition? This is the story of a quiet revolution defining the very future of humanity.
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