Tim Cannon

Tim Cannon
Born (1979-09-11) September 11, 1979 (age 45)
Camden, Ohio, United States
OccupationCIO of Grindhouse Wetware
Known forBiohacking

Tim Cannon is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and biohacker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known as Chief Information Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, a biotechnology startup company that creates technology to augment human capabilities. Grindhouse was co-founded by Cannon and Shawn Sarver in 2012. Cannon himself has had a variety of body modification implants, and has been referred to in the media as a cyborg.[1][2][3]

Cannon has spoken at conferences around the world on the topics of human enhancement, futurism, and citizen science, including at TEDx Rosslyn,[4] FITUR,[5] the University of Maryland,[6] the World Business Dialogue,[7] the Medical Entrepreneur Startup Hospital,[8] and others. He has been published in Wired[9] and featured in television shows such as National Geographic Channel's "The Big Picture with Kal Penn".[10] Cannon has been featured on podcasts including Ryan O'Shea's "Future Grind" [11] and Roderick Russell's "Remarkably Human".[12]

  1. ^ Platoni, Kara (December 8, 2015). We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time. Basic Books. pp. 7, 237–254. ISBN 978-0465089970. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ^ Borkhataria, Cécile; Low, Christine; Berger, Katya (June 27, 2017). "Becoming Cyborg A new film explores the dawning age of technologically augmented humanity". Scientific American. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ Pickup, Oliver (June 15, 2017). "Humans of the near future". Raconteur. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ "TEDx Conference Coming to Rosslyn". Arlnow.com. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  5. ^ Heraldo de Aragón (28 January 2015). "Tim Cannon, el biohacker que predica la fusión del hombre y la máquina". Heraldo.es. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  6. ^ Tim Cannon, "Potential Benefits of Sensory Augmentation" @ The University of Maryland. YouTube. 4 May 2013.
  7. ^ "History". world-business-dialogue.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  8. ^ ""Be disruptive!": Interview with Tim Cannon". mesh-camp.com. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  9. ^ "Tim Cannon über die Optimierung des eigenen Körpers und die Diskriminierung ihrer Verweigerer". Wired.de. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  10. ^ "The Big Picture with Kal Penn Body City". National Geographic Channel. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
  11. ^ "Ep. 1 – Tim Cannon on Biohacking and Transhumanism". futuregrind.org. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  12. ^ Russell, Roderick (30 September 2014). "Cyborg Next Door : Biohacking, Digital Implants & the Merging of Man & Machine". remarkablyhuman.com. Retrieved 2015-10-23.