A patient who had been blind for three years due to ischemic optic neuropathy has partially recovered his vision thanks to the implantation of a microelectrode array in his visual cortex. The patient, who lost his sight due to an [...]
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed an innovative brain-computer interface (BCI) capable of translating brain signals in real time from people who have lost their speech as a result of neurodegenerative diseases. The breakthrough has been tested [...]
In March 2025, the medical discharge of an Australian patient who survived for over 3 months with a total artificial heart marked an unprecedented milestone in contemporary medicine. The BiVACOR device, the culmination of more than 20 years of research, [...]
For the first time, a bilingual person, who suffered a stroke more than ten years ago that caused him to lose the ability to speak, has been able to communicate in English and Spanish thanks to a brain implant. The [...]
The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was dedicated to the long-termism and effective altruism movements and was founded in 2005 by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom. The long-term movement argues that humanity should be primarily concerned with long-term existential threats, such [...]
“Telepathy”, the new brain implant created by Neuralink, aims to create brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that allow devices to connect with the mind using artificial intelligence. South African multimillionaire Elon Musk announced on January 29 on his social network X that [...]
In 1957, in an essay published in London, English biologist and writer Julian Huxley, the first director of UNESCO, coined a new model of eugenics, transhumanism. In his paper, he wrote that “[t]he human species can, if it wishes, transcend [...]
The message of transhumanism is very simple: thanks to science and technology, people will become beings far superior to modern humans and will live forever. Although there is quite a lot of science fiction in the most enthusiastic transhumanist predictions, [...]
Geoffrey Hinton, the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has resigned as Google’s vice president after spending a decade researching and developing this technology. The famous computer scientist, after his sudden departure, has warned of the risks of misuse of AI [...]
Review and first analysis of an article on the subject published in Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética (Ibero-American Journal of Bioethics) recently published an interesting article on neuroenhancement, in which its difficulties and limits are addressed from [...]
Genetic manipulation, which until now only took place with food, is now possible in humans. Additionally, there are electronic devices that can improve intellectual capacities and put an intense ethical debate on the table. Scientists, specialist in bioethics, jurists, philosophers [...]
Our lecture about transhumanism at European Parliament session The backdrop to our conference this week is a reflection on the risks of abandoning our model of development to technological compulsion. The array of scientific-technical advances in areas such as genetic [...]
