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Jun 2020
15m 1s

Body Hacking: More Than Human

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Anne Muir and Liz Waid tell about a group of people who explore the relationship between the human body and technology. Would you want to see sound? Would you want to hear colors? Would you want to unlock doors just by approaching them? People can put technology into their bodies to do these things. Will this be more popular in the future?

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