Cyborg Foundation

Cyborg Foundation
Formation2010
FounderMoon Ribas
Neil Harbisson
Founded atBarcelona
Websitecyborgfoundation.com

The Cyborg Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2010 by cyborg activists and artists Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson.[1] The foundation is a platform for the research, creation and promotion of projects related to extending and creating new senses and perceptions by applying technology to the human body.[2] The Cyborg Foundation was first housed in Tecnocampus Scientific Park (Barcelona) and is currently based in New York City. It collaborates with several institutions, universities and research centers around the world.[3]

Their mission is to assist humans in becoming cyborgs, promote the use of cybernetics as part of the human body and defend cyborg rights.[4] They have donated cyborg antennas to blind communities and have taught the use of colour-sensing technology to blind children to help them develop the sense of colour.[5] The foundation believes that some cybernetic extensions should be treated as body parts, not as devices.[6]

  1. ^ García, F.C. "Nace una fundación dedicada a convertir humanos en ciborgs", La Vanguardia, 1 March 2011.
  2. ^ Rottenschlage, Andreas "The Sound of the Cyborg" The Red Bulletin, 1 Mar 2011.
  3. ^ Redacción "Asombrados por un cyborg. La Universidad Modelo recibe a Neil Harbisson"[permanent dead link], Diario de Yucatan, 17 November 2011
  4. ^ Molinsky, Eric "Neil Harbisson, cyborg" Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, Studio 360, WNYC, 4 November 2011
  5. ^ EFE "Tecnologia cyborg para la vision" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, EFE, 27 October 2011
  6. ^ Maia, Rafael "Nao quero vender olhos", Terra Networks, 9 February 2012.