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ah, getting stronger and smarter through technology. this sy fi dream is quickly becoming reality. researchers and developers are driving forth. the digital optimization of humans with mind blowing results will be all soon become cyborgs. today's topic onset, ah, the cybernetic organism, or sy, book for short, has played a major role in pop culture. for example, in the movie robo call, a police officer with potentially fatal injuries becomes a supercop with his high tech implants, tony stark from the marble universe can fly in his armor and superman's colleague, cyber updates his hardware to get new powers and skills these days,

even real up humans enhance their bodies with artificial components. they call themselves cyborgs or bio hackers. it harbison from britain is one of them. he is colorblind and has an antenna that converts carlos into sounds and i like the human eye, his intent. i can even detect infrared and archer, violet. he has a chip implanted in his head to make this work. pretty intense. but actually, there are lots of scientists and companies working on brain computer interfaces. they allow a direct communication between brain and computer. so you can control device with your mind, but it's not just a gimmick. it can fundamentally improve the lives of people with spinal injuries on your logical disorders. u. s. tech tight and elan mosque is developing a brain computer interface at his start up neurologic the team implanted ships in both brain hemispheres of m a cock pager. they then taught him to play a game with a joystick. and snuff signals were transmitted. a computer by

a bluetooth pager was fed bananas movie through a tube as a reward. when the research, as the activated joystick pedro controlled the game with his paws alone, the computer had learned to interpret the brain activity. but there are devices that humans can control with a mind even without a brain chip like by jani prosthesis that's replaced missing body parts. british gamma daniel melville even uses one when he plays video games. but trustees, his can also give people a brand new powers. how would you like a 3rd thump? ah, this prosthetic thumb makes it possible to do things that usually require 2 hands. the prosthesis is connected to a wristband with a motor, which drives the thumb receive signals via bluetooth from pressure sensors attached to the shoes. the user can control the prosthesis by moving their big toe

zealand, born scientists, danny clo, develop the 3rd film in london. she wanted to show that prosthetic don't always have to replace what's missing. they can also provide an ad on an upgrade. ah, what's fascinating is, after just 5 days of training with the 3rd thump you assign him, says had formed in the test subjects brains. and the way they used their normal fingers had changed. there are other developments like this that blur the line between human and machine. sometimes on the skin, sometimes under the skin. it might look like a temporary tattoo, but this is actually a communication interface made from gold leaf. do oh, skin was invented by the massachusetts institute of technology. one version works like a touchpad, while another uses near field communication for an f d technology to communicate with other interfaces. in the future,

when you walk into a tattoo holler, you would come out with a tattoo like this. they will not only be very sophisticated technically, but they will become an extension of yourself. often forget your keys. eric frisk can open his door in sweden with a micro chip implanted under his skin. if the size of a grain of rice and works like a room card in a hotel, it's estimated that $50000.00 people around the world already where one of these implants, they can even be ordered online. the interesting thing is when the chips start getting smarter and start having, you know, sensors and things like that. so, and instead of just opening a door, maybe i can have continuously record my, my body temperature, my blood sugar level center, et cetera, et cetera. and, and actually give me useful information about my body. but technology

that literally gets under your skin isn't for every one. implants are just one way to become a sidewalk. now, also, robotic suits, called exoskeletons. they promised more strength and better agility, heavy lifting uncomfortable work exoskeletons could some day help people reduce the strain on their backs. originally developed for medical and military use, they're now increasingly deployed in the automotive industry and logistics. many see it as when, when employees stay healthier and companies profit from the increased efficiency and production hold robotic technology that makes work more economic is under intensive development, predominantly in the u. s. in germany, but also in china and japan, lou mcclain, one of our article they store, asking about leona, we were to create devices that help people in their workplace the for that and to

make these tools more accessible and easy to use for you. i don't think humans will ever become dispensable. there are, there are only a few companies that are designing completely automated systems because they require, consider it investment odyssey. so i think will always have human workers, saw with them on the particular domain. the exoskeleton created by japanese company at own has been in use for years in production, the care sector, and in japan's the biggest airports. the 4 and a half kilogram suit is worn like a rucksack and it has a sensor that detects the where's movements. so when lifting 2 motors in the suit automatically support the users movement, the motors deactivate when the user is walking with countries like japan are increasingly relying on robotics. because with an aging population, work forces are becoming depleted off right now we mainly make support devices. but

in the future, we want to create products that enhance people's abilities and ad physical functions like a 3rd arm see we want to cater to a society in which people of all ages can work without physical limits. and it could get much more spectacular than that. the developers that are to have been working for more than 10 years on this mega expo suit called neo, i was even allowed to try it out. during my visit to japan, i felt like lieutenant ripley in the sy fi classic alias with supernatural powers. the developers claim that one, i'm alone can lift up to 50 kilograms. it's hold that neil will soon a of the construction industry or in disaster management exoskeletons have a growing role in the medical sick. those, well, what special about this model from japan is that is controlled by nerve impulses. how is its name that stands for hybrid assistive lim as an ultimate goal. even

paraplegics could trade with how and learn to walk again. my colleague, cassandra ball went to test the exoskeleton at the company's hive a dime in japan. so these electrodes here will detect my brain signals and send it to this machine so that it will move before me. so now i'm going to try to flex and move my arm through. it detects pretty well. and now i'm going to try to lock my arm in place and it will still move for me. that was pretty cool. but i do wonder um, does this kind of is this said does is go out of control. sometimes. no. also, electrodes translate cassandra's brain signals into

a command for the exoskeleton. her brain sends the command move to the muscles via the spine. the signal is detected by house built in sensors. the motor receives a signal and power starts moving. this is more difficult for patients with paraplegia because the nerve connections are disrupted. but if there are any remaining impulses, how could provide beneficial treatment time for a little test walk? cassandra is allowed to wear the exoskeleton herself. it's attached to a bracket, since it's designed for people with impaired mobility, it's a very intimate, a setting is actually really late. starting training right now. i feel a little bit mechanic with my man. i think it is just getting used to the

machine because now i feel little more comfortable in it. so now he's increasing the speed the monitor displays cassandra and her nerve signals as a waveform. how works together with other ai systems to analyze the signals and evaluate user data. so, how do paralyzed people actually learn to walk again, withheld? the activation of muscle impulses create a feedback effect that enables the brain to learn how to make the body walk again from scratch. it's called neural feedback training. it only works for about 20 to 30 percent of paraplegic patients, but the results are still impressive. so with other exoskeletons, the movements are preprogrammed. so patients wearing the suits will have to rely on it permanently. however, with hell, it teaches you how to walk again,

basically making the connections from your brain to your broken synopsis. so basically these patients, they go through the, these trainings and at the end of the training, they're able to walk again without the technology without the suit. how was developed by japanese robot assist yoshi yuki son kite? he is the founder and see all cyber dine and a professor at the university of to cuba. she believes these by jani gaze, and sy, book technologies are a step into a new age technology. it's little mean it's getting to cuz we're constantly wearing technology or a strongly connected to it in that sense. you were born cyborgs. don't you think that took little g 3 in one olga unity. as technology becomes more accessible, it will be able to use it without even being aware of it. this phenomenon is diffusion of humans and technology, and this symbiotic relationship will continue to develop. are we all becoming cyborgs or are we already? and if technology becomes available soon,

won't people get left behind who don't want to be enhanced or who can't afford it. what are your views on cyber technology? is this the chance for us all to upgrade or are you skeptical? let us know, for example, on youtube there, you'll also find more videos about ellen mosques, newer the project and a paralyzed man who controls an excess guided him with his mind. take care bye ah, ah, ah. with

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d. w. ah, russia the largest country on earth font since the fall of the soviet union. its population has declined by 5000000 men here have one of the lowest life expectancies in europe. alcohol, drugs and tobacco are all too often to blame. leading to a clear gender imbalance. women make up the majority of the population, 54 percent, placing them under even greater pressure to marry and have children as a young age senior is marrying her partner carol, in a traditional christian orthodox ceremony. his views can only be described as conservative. jessica, who is in the quote there, according to our tradition. so men are both physically and intellectually superior

to women. richard, tell him what the patriarchal attitude is also embodied by president vladimir putin. his carefully staged media events promote a return to tradition and conventional notions of masculinity. many russian women are paying a high price. 60 percent of marriages here end in divorce, leaving many children to grow up without a father. domestic violence is rampant. it's estimated that a woman dies at the hands of her partner, every 40 minutes here, and the state sites with the perpetrators. an alarming number of domestic violence cases go unpunished. b, in moscow and st. petersburg, a small minority of young people, a starting to rebel against patriarchy and coal for greater sac,

all freedom. and yet, most russian, women still lead a life marked my personal and social restrictions. in the largest country in the world, love and sex are still dominated by patriarchy. the seriana family is reminiscing about one of the most emotional moments of their lives. president vladimir putin publicly honored them for their dedication. ah, it immediately is clean. if the genia there was no stanley, you should know me or i did just get a little. you're more than just bernoulli junior has what me she has mushroom has got to register on the lowest. i'm also going to have less than the fillum, the national officer, a groom. i am so happy. the

seriana saw considered a model family as a married couple with many children. they represent the ideal in a nation, grappling with demographic, change the reservoir. usually i'll attach it just like, put in the dark within walking. are we lovely, grassy. when would you be? he hasn't got those in a couple. so asked himself if it's even worth having children, a story mistook may be our example will encourage them to go for it. was we bullshit. proteins, model, family lives, 1300 kilometers east of moscow into a working class city of about 1000000 for the past 15 years. they've called this high rise home. i'm to eat. didn't all go 5 daughters, 2 sons, such large families are the exception in russia,

where most women only have one child. for the government, they're a welcome sight, right? go ahead, help you. so do you want a part number? yeah, no, not whenever al son comes back from military service every 2 weeks, we go all not us, please find him so he doesn't forget us cable bowers appraisal. all of them were peggy. larissa is a home maker. i mean, we did battle youngest, but i wait till everyone's finished, then i can eat and pays, but out. otherwise i have to get up and fix this and that the whole time is to put in. you see that he acts like he's just a guest. here we go. new. the new kitchen isn't my thing. yeah. wow. alexei is a chauffeur. he owns the equivalent of $800.00 euros a month, just above average here. there $55.00 square meta apartment is a bit cramped for a family of 9. what did not have gone the?

this is our living room and bedroom, my wife and i sleep here, but tanya and natasha here go towards the broker in the winter. i go to school by myself, gar. what it is is the girls room where nastier marsha and catch asleep. nicer. marsha, ye garcia. he is the boy's room though. not gonna lose blood amir. and this is victor who didn't as well or did this. victor, alexei and larissa got married back in soviet days when they were 22. contraceptives were hard to come by back then. some that you say young here, but strong? no, yes, strong. this some people made fun of us and they said stop, you just made yourselves miserable, but it was none of their business when you knew, we never planned on having so many kids you knew. so we just love each other so much in the soviet era, large families were frowned upon and were usually among the poorest. today,

the state rewards large families with a bonus equivalent to about 6200 euros for the birth of each child. after the 1st, that's about a year's salary here. xenia and korea live in gotcha a town about 40 kilometers from st. petersburg. they live in a typical middle class neighborhood in an apartment that they own. he's a cook. she's a hair dresser. they met 3 years ago. what do we want for dinner professionally? no idea. i'll just have to come up with something again, we're just sure that if like what? we don't really talk it over here. mostly i do it because i'm a cook. ok, jesse cook so quickly and it's always delicious for her fortner for the if i

sometimes ask her to cook wonderful, reasonable women shouldn't forget how to make boot a few shrew, xenia and carol were married in a civil ceremony. last week. that church wedding is taking place to morrow. the big event, sheila was what book i saw. she's any as wedding ring, it's silver. mine is gold, which symbolizes the sun. the man should shine. and the woman represents balance. and the night were still lord. carol and casino, like 75 percent of russians are christian orthodox. they place a high ali on tradition. and carol is the quintessential macho russian man. for them, we're husband is very hungry. the weather, let's pick a show 1st, then we can eat for the eclipse dylan. women are deep thinkers, goober mostly willis. for more, it's only natural that we're head of the household that he recently had an opinion

as well as funded. if i ever actually disagree with him, i didn't know which is a pretty unlikely thought aunt. look at. he'll have the last word to look at it. i don't know, but leaving us alone with the police will visit men have to deal with difficult things, like buying an apartment. when you are, a woman might be able to do it, but not with as much confidence as to what would be less. she'd have a hard time with the negotiation. little group work, soccer, carol's, sexist views, don't really seem to bother senior, according to russian tradition. she'll spend the night before the wedding away from her groom. see you in the morning, but by less absolutely. i'll miss you. miss you take that old spirit. seniors booked a room in a hotel. she won't see her husband again till the morning. it's

8 in the morning and the big day is about to begin. oh but good morning. this is all the stylus i've arrived. irina the hairdresser has already been married twice when she gives the young bride a few tips. alaska. how are things good? are you guys happy then? no stress, right? yeah, we are you now and then you have to be understanding each other as important as a woman, you have to be patient to this insurance and there's no good. so you should know that a lot of men cheat them hands. it's better to say single. you'll see what i'm talking about. the majority of russian men admit to being unfaithful. oh, here comes the handsome guy. hello, gorgeous. oh,

the ceremony is taking place in this early 20th century. wooden charge, an orthodox priest will greet the couple and then perform the ceremony. you receive when you take xenia as your wife is immune, i do really know when you take care of your husband, we will give you a move when the priest places the crowns on their heads, they are officially married, king and queen of their household. oh, the fall of communism brought religion back to everyday life. russians rediscovered their faith and the church sought to establish itself as a moral authority. a villa will be

the most faithful people. those who pray devoutly better able to cope with life challenges and resist the devil's temptation. they also have a positive demographic impact, margaret believe is more likely to have children issue voice. you know, most couples in russia have a church, wedding senior and carols reception is at a hotel with friends and family. the celebration will also include a few time honored tradition. ah, ah, a round of applause for the couple graduation. when the traditional bread ritual is

a must be both the good grab the bread. you know if one of you pulls harder than the other, it's unfair go. if whoever gets the bigger piece is head of the household with the so 123, yes. movie xenia, you must be gentle and loving your damn more weight faithfully for your husband, or is it that make your home a sweeter late to make sure your husband comes home? it is jeffrey and of course have children. many children with plenty men and women in russia share these traditional views. but reality tells a different story about 60 percent of marriages end in divorce, one of the highest rates in the world. the city of

a van avo about 300 kilometers east of moscow is no exception. in fact, yvonne novo is often called the city of brides. the majority of its residence are women. many are single mothers elena started her day at 4 30 in the morning. she shares the bathroom with the other tenants. she lives in this room with her 2 children, 5 year old dasher and one year old facility in time to wake up. sweetheart. do not a tough with a 3rd of russian families are headed by a single mother. neither do you want to provide him with this couch is where we

sleep. i lay and eat you all. that's why i have to make the bed now, but it's just in the ditch. dark. gosh, did you come on darcia put on your dresser. it ought to be handy wash. eleanor leaves home at 6 o'clock. she gets her daughter to preschool before going to work. it's a one hour walk through yvonne of o's, dim and deserted streets. and it was quite good. so then i could never have imagined this thing all alone with 2 children made me or not. i wanted to study and teach english. she i passed my university entrance exams . then i met my daughter, his father thought it was a true love all, but he complained that i was spending too much time studying. he gave me an ultimatum, so i could choose him or the university. i chose him know a rubric for long thus,

no problem. this decision changed elena's life. her fiance left her soon after she became pregnant with her daughter. she never heard from him again. the 52nd partner never acknowledged vasily as his son. since then she's been on her own would have liked him to was mustache. can you much, tasha and i mean i have to go look on your smell now. it's really hard. i also had to raise 3 kids on my own. oh man and oh good. they don't want to take care of their own kids to more nuclear which bus if it's late. oh, good. see les sasha, aka. it is $730.00 by the time elena arrives at work. she works in a daycare center where she can bring her son with her off the mothers at this day can are single parents. oh,

come on. your mom is going to work quite well in the camps at the window and waved . good bye. what do you do? oh, wait. oh shes not. i. and $16000.00 roubles a month, you pay for day care, food and rent. yes. cuz i'm always afraid that my electricity will be cut off. ah, the children's fathers don't contribute. no, nothing they. but i don't ask them either. when you brush, why? mister, when i told them i was pregnant, they said it was my problem. i hope you will be a 3rd of russian children grow up without their fathers. i'm going to eat you little that i'm the wolf. ah, after lunch a group of single mothers gather in the daycares kitchen. mush kuchma says hello, how would the children with michelle katerina runs the daycare,

unfaithful and absent men? often a topic of conversation here, signing, what does it go that i've been raising my kids on my own for 4 years. when i got pregnant, he started going out all the time, drinking more and more for chooses to sure everything went well when the little one was the young fellow. but when my husband realised that he shared responsibility and had to pitch in to be of he left go at 7 in the evening, alina finishes work and picks up her daughter from preschool. mm. to night, she's visiting her recently divorced friend, lina. hello, hello. the 2 young women have no illusions any more when it comes to relationships and romance. what nickerson and local motion is, i missed when i need a man for every day. thank you to come around with the tool box and fixed staff

osgood though it would be nice that you those you but the but i don't believe in romantic love anymore yet endorsed the will is the family boy will sure he could go or she it's better to be alone than in bad company. which snivla's the new didn't stand. and we of course, i'd like to find someone he'd give me gift and help out with the kids and, but i have given up hope in the young has no question. what about sex and romance to say no, i'm an amazon woman. these women in ivana, vo have been let down by love. but the demographic imbalance that is played russia for the past 30 years is also to blame. there's a shortage of men, and that has an impact. many russian women have no choice but to look for love elsewhere. every year, thousands lee for europe or the united states. some moved to remote corners of russia, like the city of e coots inside barea,

about 5000 kilometers from moscow. ah, not far from the chinese border. it's ethnically diverse. i aliya is a native of the air, coots. ah, well, it seemed to by attorney 2 and a half hours by plane from the chinese border and 5 ounce from the capital. conventional being so close to china helps us economically. as i said, that at that must be a blank item that they put on for aaliyah life here has another benefit. she's found a reliable and faithful husband here. and yes, the chance we did a boyish of, of that, you're more likely to find a husband in a border region with lots of migration. now not, we don't only have chinese here, but also koreans reacts and mongolians one wally. there are lots of mixed marriages

here. and then i'm e as in sam and she lives in his upscale neighborhood with her husband and 3 children, june is of chinese origin. did you take your vitamins darling? yes. is no. take them aaliyah's husband who runs an import export business has given his family a comfortable life. they have a large attractive house, and each child has their own bedroom. aaliyah and june met 20 years ago at university in ear, coots, before the wedding. aliya had to win over her parents in russia. interracial couples are rare, and often discriminated against her. racism has deep roots here. let us know. ah, ah, well mercer jesse, is it okay if i talk about this vehicle is a good year? my mother in law cut out an article from a newspaper. it will be,

like i said, there are many chinese who come here to marry russia because i asked you, but almost, even though they're already married back in china, those questions and then they go back to china. we ended up either got a little tourney, give them cookie, of that. that was the book. i'm all done with mckesson. i do it for the russian citizenship or to get the documents. they need to set up a business that the yeah bought for you. so i took out my passport to show them i was single, single magazine hospital from now. yeah. nat. those are the main problem is that chinese men work a lot. yes. can you push it in the evening? they go to restaurants to do business not to eat me. is id love is that i she kept calling me. i'm like, well my gamble. i told him come home, i need your help. come home. but she moved it. that's why are you hanging out at a restaurant on the linebacker ever herself? they love music. we haven't. okay. i used to say what goes out about, okay, do you want me to be a russian man with them? bring home 50000 roubles and that's it. pretty when you're going,

but lisa michael should from you the anna. but you'll she finally understood that i was there for business. not dinner of my gosh, you'd all done with me, but your m ah, since our marriage aaliyah's also become a business woman. she runs a chinese restaurant in the center of air quotes. she'll want to go to media and just leave the chairs back and it will be fine you what? yesterday? she manages some 20 russian and chinese employees. so this is how head share. he makes traditional dishes from his province in northern china by them, but they didn't die. the restaurant is a 2nd home to their children and their russian nanny. her husband also has his business dinners here, a large family with

a faithful husband who earns well in russia. it's the exception rather than the rule. see yet yes. every go dreams of meeting. have prince charming and i found mine. he's my train yet. um, typically when i, when she's my princess aliya and jones for both baby is due soon. despite the prejudices of russian society, aaliyah found the man of her dreams. some other young russians of flouting conventions more directly. mm. on an overnight train from moscow to st. petersburg, a young a young couple wakes up after a night of passion. ah, should i tie your hair back? hello. an soul is a blogger,

and belkora is a security guard. they've been together for a year. with you're still tired. mm hm. their family would not be complete without a 3rd person irina level, but she is so tall and takes care of us like a mother by you and soul, and belkin a not a couple. but at troppo with they live a 3 way romantic relationship and described themselves as poly amorous, poly amorous relationships or a tiny minority in russia and around the world. and so lives in an apartment in the heart of st. petersburg.

no acquaintance joseph quotes. you've got oh yeah, i've lived here my whole life with another cook. now. the 100 square meter apartment has enough space for 3 of them. and so shares this room with arena balco hasn't moved in yet. i wish her. yes, lucille did i sleep in the middle book of business, sleeps against the wall and milk asleep on the edge. no po, box on our relationship is like a triangle where all connected to each other will can be nice if i melt when they kiss, because it's so beautiful via both windows. we make love in lots of different ways circling us. we're, we're, we're also can answer for july and you, does anyone have yes, i have sex with this woman. they have me and i have them another person lives here to there. if you're i, i'm home though,

diana finally i'm so happy to see. give me a hug of the mileage you did of no, i'm sorry. mother elena is in her early sixty's. now. she knows about his poly amorous relationship with you. i'd never have imagined this in your little window. i couldn't have imagined it either. let me see shannon where an ordinary working class family may be. this is his way of rebelling this route. you know, my rebellious days are behind me. idea shows can't last forever. oh yes, it can back you know, your business is not possible for 3 people to spend the whole lives together. you as new people can't manage it, but 3 can see that moving, you know, i didn't think that i'm just waiting for it all to fall apart. but then you say i told you so exactly unsold. belk i and irina don't shy away from public displays of affection, but homosexuality is frowned upon in russia. and assaults are commonplace. in 2013

so called homosexual propaganda in front of miners became a punishable offense. what can i get you guys, money and fame? just much about our culture. we live, how we like them and no one can stop us. we. it's our choice to make you notice for yeah, interesting. i'm not afraid of being attacked, which other people are afraid of me by as they organize monthly me tops to talk about polyamory. the owner of their favorite cafe has no problem with their lifestyle. you sent over to mr. dish dish. i have no problem with polyamory in new hampshire, just their choices. no homes. mm hm. they know they belong to a tiny minority. he actually wishing to see a bus at 87 percent of russians are pretty mainstream young. wow. and vote for pu tenant benny gloss. is looking to know that russian society is still very

conservative, but some of moscow's educated and privileged young people are fighting for more freedom and shattering old to boost like tanya, a manager of an event planning agency and krisha, a graphic designer than meeting their friends in a trendy bar to night when mom would have you been here while they talk openly about sex when i can give you my she didn't sleep at all. yeah. a little thorough. 5 hours. then we had sex again. that you know, you, you went to the soviet union may be long gone, but russia is still quite prudish. tanya and her friends are an exception. a few years ago tanya launched a new event with her agency. she began organizing what she calls kinky part is here in moscow. the moscow times has called it the start of his sexual revolution. a

big kinky party is taking place in a few days. an event that created quite the boughs among moscow's young trendsetters. mm. the night before the big event krisha pays tanya of is it? they've been together for a year. unlike most russian couples, they don't plan to move in together or get married. she's decided tanya, a business woman wants to remain independent, but them was so i'm, i'm not really and i deal russian women who i had a phase when i tried to cook traditional dishes like bush no. yeah. when you actually, but i realized pretty quickly that wasn't for me. how do you cope with not having an ideal traditional russian women because they didn't tell it doesn't get better than these frozen dinners. 60.