image by: Public Domain - Hemal

HWN Suggests

Biohack Guru Stresses Big Data and Biofeedback for Wellness

Famous for biohacking himself down 100 pounds by exercising 15 minutes per week and brewing addictive butter-powered coffee, Dave Asprey now advises top executives on using existing tech to make lifestyle changes, handle stress and sleep better. We talked with Asprey about using big data, how to design killer biofeedback apps that can improve your health, and why it’s still tricky for providers to tap into personal health innovation.

What is the difference between the “quantified self” and biohacking?

Quantified self looks at long feedback times: Data is collected, you look at it at the end of the day or the end of the month, and you cognitively try to…

read full article

Featured

 Artificial organs developed by biohackers will soon deliver insulin to diabetics

Artificial organs developed by biohackers will soon deliver insulin to diabetics.

 BioHacking: The Perils of Progress

Computer hacking has taken on a new dimension...biohacking and the target is you.

 How biohackers are trying to upgrade their brains, their bodies — and human nature

9 questions about biohacking you were too embarrassed to ask.

Articles of Interest

Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?

Today researchers are creating implants that can communicate directly with the nervous system in order to try to fight everything from cancer to the common cold.

What is biohacking and why should we care?

Which gets us back to the original question: What is biohacking? Since it’s a citizen-run pastime, you decide.

A Beginner’s Guide to Biohacking

Biohacking is a crazy-sounding name for something not crazy at all—the desire to be the absolute best version of ourselves. The main thing that separates a biohacker from the rest of the self-improvement world is a systems-thinking approach to our own biology.

Almost half a million pacemakers need a firmware update to avoid getting hacked

You may need to take grandma for an update.

Avoiding Sickness: Biohackers Handbook on Hacking the Immune System

Biohackers Handbook answers the question of what are the 20 % of the causes that determine in 80 % of results in health and wellbeing. It started as a search for fixing health issues for good,

Biohackers Are Turning Meals into Math Across the World

Asprey, a 41-year-old former tech entrepreneur from San Francisco, has become the poster boy for a very modern type of health nut: the biohacker. If there is such a thing as the perfect human diet, biohackers are hellbent on finding it.

Biohacking 2.0: New Biosensor Lets You Monitor Your Health Like Never Before

Do you track your sleep or steps with a Fitbit? Your time with Pomodoro techniques or Google Calendar? Genetic coding with 23andMe? One X is betting big that you’ll soon be able to check your health with just one device you can hold in the palm of your hand. And that one device will be able to monitor the impact of your diet, lifestyle, and habits on your health.

Biohacking: harmless hobby or global threat?

Rather than oppose this movement and push it into the much more dangerous world of the black market, Kleiner says, we need to embrace the movement with sensible regulation and healthy, open debate.

Biohacking: Technology and The Next Stage of Human Evolution

Biohacking, according to Amal Graafstra, can be the new human evolution. We can use technology to enhance ourselves with more clearly defined upgrades than our own bodies can supply, and much faster too.

Dawn of the BioHackers

Do-it-yourself biologists are 
hunting down genetic disorders and 
creating synthetic life-forms 
in garages, closets, and backyards 
around the world.


Go Ahead, Hackers. Break My Heart

My life depends on the functioning of a medical device: a pacemaker that generates each and every beat of my heart. I know how it feels to have my body controlled by a machine that is not working correctly, and this is why I encourage fellow security researchers to delve into these medical devices and find ways to make them more secure.

Growing Organs on Apples

“Biohacking is the new gardening,” says Andrew Pelling, who leads the Pelling Laboratory for Biophysical Manipulation at the University of Ottawa. Pelling eschews the current vogue for genetic and chemical biological manipulation, investigating instead the ways in which cells behave when their physical surroundings change.

It's Insanely Easy to Hack Hospital Equipment

When Scott Erven was given free rein to roam through all of the medical equipment used at a large chain of Midwest health care facilities, he knew he would find security problems–but he wasn't prepared for just how bad it would be.

The Quantified Self

Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending — just about everything in daily life you can measure — in gloriously geeky detail.

The World's Original Biohacker Was Obsessed with Bread

The word "biohacking" might be new, but the idea certainly isn't. Arguably, the movement began in the 1800s, spearheaded by the sex and masturbation-fearing Reverend Sylvester Graham, aka "Dr Bran."

This Diabetes Activist Hacked Her Medical Device and Made an Artificial Pancreas

While not everyone is ready to hand over the reins of their insulin pump to a DIY piece of software, there are a great many who want to be able work with their own data, but aren't allowed because device manufacturers won't open up their APIs or make the data available to download.

What Are The Best Biohacks Of The World’s Top Biohackers?

Although the relatively famous biohacker Dave Asprey was absent, this line-up of biohackers still brought some significant brainpower to stage. At one point during the roundtable, in a quest to discover the best biohacks of the world's top biohackers, I asked the entire panel this question: “What is your top biohack or biohacking combo?”

Resources

Biohacker Summit

If you want to know what is mainstream tomorrow, this is where it's at.

Ben Greenfield Fitness

Ben Greenfield's mission is to provide you with practical advice on fat loss, nutrition, human performance and holistic health.

Vielight

At Vielight, we combine engineering with research to create photobiomodulation-based neurotechnology devices that improve mental acuity and general wellness.