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Pimp Your Brain
January 29th, 2007
Feature Story: Pimp Your Brain (1:20)
Today it is common for people to spend their lunch break in a day spa getting a cosmetic tune-up. Within 20 years going to a brain spa for a neurological tune-up might be just as common. In our feature story, Sandra explains how breakthroughs in biotechnology and neuroscience are ushering in the age of cosmetic neurology and possibly changing what it means to be human.
Thought Tapas
“The Rise of the Metaverse” (7:38)
Jamais Cascio follows up on one of the biggest stories of the past - and the coming - year: the rise of theMetaverse.
“Concrete” (9:55)
Wayne Pethrick muses about his affinity for concrete and what’s happening on the cutting edge of this quotidian building material.
Big Idea Interview: Homaro Cantu (13:00)
Homaro Cantu is famous for putting on a good show. At his Chicago restaurant, Moto, liquid nitrogen, helium and a Class IV laser are all standard devices. But as Michele learned in this interview,Cantu has a larger mission - to redefine the concept of food and move the world one step closer to eliminating hunger.
Digital Digs (18:20)
“2057″ - The Discovery Channel’s miniseries about the future
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November 1st, 2007 at 4:27 pm
[…] Cosmetic Neurology or Pimping the brain is the use of drugs, surgery, or genetic intervention by healthy people to manipulate mood, memory, concentration, capacity to learn and general ability to cope. How will this impact the workplaceWill workers augment their performance by pimping their brainsWill they be required to disclose this informationWill employers require underperforming employees to pimp their brainsHow could this effect performance evaluation[…]
July 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I look forward to see