1. The cyborg of our time Hugo Ribeiro Baldioti

2. Cybernetic organism Biological and artificial parts

3. Neil Harbisson Rob Spence Kevin Warwick

4. Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England Artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering

5. Project Cyborg 1.0 (1998) Project Cyborg 2.0 (2002)

6. Controlled by neurons from a rat’s brain A robot consisting of two wheels with a sonar sensor Has no microprocessor of it’s own

7. Embryonic neurons are separated out and allowed to grow on na electrode array A mesh of about 100000 neurons can grow within several days After about a week he starts to pulse the electrodes in search of a pathway

8. Once they have a pathway researchers use the connection to get the robot to roam around and learn to avoid crashing into walls Bluetooth communication With time and repetition the neural pathway become stronger The robot learn for itself how to not bash into obstacles

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe dded&v=1QPiF4-iu6g&gl=BR http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe dded&v=1QPiF4-iu6g&gl=BR

10. Culture neurons in three dimensions A network of 30 million neurons After that, the next step will be to bring in human neurons

11. If we have 100 billion human neurons Should we give it rights? Does it get to vote? Is it conscious?

12. hugo.baldioti@engenharia.ufjf.br