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Webinar: Transhumanism: What It's Like Being a Microchipped Human

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Today's date is Saturday, July 12, 2025
Transhumanism: What It's Like Being a Microchipped Human : Webinar Other events...
Futurist Shanti Korporaal is a self-proclaimed practical and tactical implementer of emerging technologies... and she is also a super-human. Shanti has voluntarily inserted microchips under her skin and has setup a distribution service called 'Chip My Life' alongside her husband, Skeeve Stevens. As a pioneering woman in human augmentation, Shanti will be discuss how this extra dimension to life may impact UWA future students, as well as getting educators to consider adapting their learning and teaching strategies in the higher education shere. Join us to hear about the fascinating ways Shanti communicates with machines, lessons learned during the microchipping process, and the impact of the transhumanist movement in education futures at this one hour event.
Speaker(s) Shanti Korporaal
Location Futures Observatory, Hackett Hall, The University of Western Australia
Contact Centre for Education Futures <[email protected]>
URL https://roboticsweekuwa2017.eventbrite.com.au
Start Mon, 01 May 2017 13:30
End Mon, 01 May 2017 14:30
RSVP RSVP is required.
Submitted by Centre for Education Futures <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:45
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