this is the 1st time in the last 2 years that we've been able to gather both as a family and to attend mass because of the pandemic. so we are very excited and grateful. unlike last year, the pope will once again deliver his traditional irby at all be message from the balcony of saint peter's basilica on christmas day. ah! you're watching date every news. that's your update this hour, but don't go away. shift living in the digital age is up after a short break. we'll have more headlines for you at the top of the lease, but i was celebrating around the world merry christmas to you. i'm rebecca, as in berlin and watching eco, india. how can a country's economy grow in harmony with its people and the environment when there are doers to look at the bigger picture? india,

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the cybernetic organism, or cyber for short, has played a major role in pop culture. for example, in the movie robo cup, a police officer would potentially fail injuries, becomes a supercop with his high tech impact. tony stock from the marvel universe can fly in his armor and superman school like cyber updates his hardware to get new powers and skills. these days, even real up humans, enhanced their bodies with artificial components. they call themselves cyborgs or bio hackers, harvest and 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 antenna can even detect infrared and 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 direct communication between brain and computer. so you can control device

with your mind and it's not just a gimmick. it can fundamentally improve the lives of people of spinal injuries on your logical disorders. u. s. tech tight and eli mosque is developing a brain computer interface at his startup neurologic. the team implanted ships in both brain hemispheres of a mac cock pager. they then taught him to play a game with a joystick, and it's not signals, but transmitted to a computer by a bluetooth pager was fed bananas movie through a tube as a reward. when the research as the activated the joystick page controlled the game with this pause alone, the computer had learned to interpret the brain activity about the devices that humans can control the mind even without brain chip like by jani prosthesis, that replace missing body parts. british gamma daniel melville even uses one when he plays video games. but prostheses can also give people a brand new powers. how would you like a 3rd thump?

ah, this prosthetic fell, 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 ah, zealand born scientists. danny clo, developed a 3rd film in london. she wants 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 he was sinuses 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 nf c 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 get your keys. erick 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 instead of just opening a door, maybe i can have continuously record my, my body temperature, my blood sugar levels in are, 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 everyone. 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 someday 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 employee stay healthier and companies profit from the increased efficiency and

production with providing technology that makes work more economic is under intensive development, predominantly in the u. s. in germany, but also in china and japan mccoy, one of our article on a story asking adriano we want to create devices that help people in their workplace the for that and to make these tools more accessible and easy to use from all fargo. 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 considerate investment and other themes. so i think will always have human workers saw listen, wonderful. thick little with the exoskeleton created by japanese company at own has been in used for years in production, the care sector and in japan's 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, workforces 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 own 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 and 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 train with how and learn to walk again. my colleague, cassandra bow went to test the exoskeleton at the company, cyber dime in japan. so these electrodes here will detect my brain signals and san to this machine so that it will move for me. so now i'm going to try to flex and move my arm into tags pretty well. and now i'm going to try to lock my arm in place,

and it will still move for me either. it's pretty cool. but i do wonder of, does this kind of is this said does is go out of control. sometimes. no awesome 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 the 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 movement. but i think it is just getting used to the machine because now i feel a little more comfortable in it. so now he's increasing the speed the monitor displays cassandra and her nerve signals as a way 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 suit 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. hell was developed by japanese robot assist yoshi yuki sancho. he is the founder and see all cyber dine and a professor at the university of to cooper. she believes these by jani gays and cyber technologies are a step into a new age technology. so mean it's getting to cuz we're constantly wearing

technology or strongly connected to it in that sense. you were born cyborgs, don't you thank. take a little detail when all the unity as technology becomes more accessible will be able to use it without even being aware of it. the. 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 the technology becomes available soon, won't people get left behind who don't want to be enhanced or who can't afforded? 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 the paralyzed man who controls an excess, gutted him with his mind. take care, bye. ah, ah

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