[sheflug] How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

[Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Although it's nothing to do with open source software the following 
event at Countrybookshop might be of interest to some people out 
there. Please forward it to interested parties.

Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
Speaker : Michael Chorost
Date and Time  :  Saturday 29th of April 7.30 pm.
Venue : Countrybookshop, Hassop Station, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 
1NW.  Tel: 01629 816701 / 01629 813444  Tickets  :£ 3.00

Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human  is my story of 
becoming a cyborg.  It's a scientific memoir of going deaf and getting 
my hearing back with a cochlea implant, that is, a computer embedded 
in my skull.  Science fiction writers and filmmakers have speculated 
about cyborgs (human-computer fusions) for decades, but in this book 
I reveal what it's really like to have part of one's body controlled 
by a computer.Authors website is at http://www.michaelchorost.com . 
Author is based in San Francisco.


-- 
Richard

W: www.countrybookshop.co.uk
Independent shop with over 3 million  titles
and a brilliant cafe with some nice food.

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