I agree, good anesthetic IS hard to come by, though autoclaves aren't. Sterilizing with vodka is dumb, it still has remnant sugars. Rubbing alchohol is cheaper, too. <div>I like what she's doing on principle but I'd hate if this becomes a fad in transhumanism.<br>
M<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Eric Boyd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrericboyd@yahoo.com">mrericboyd@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Apparently she just gave a talk at 27C3, which is no doubt where the<br>
Wired author met her. That talk will be available online at some point<br>
(they are hoping mid January), so I for one am keeping an eye out for<br>
it! Hopefully she will post some of it to her blog as well.<br>
<br>
Lepht was one of the first rush of customers for North Paw, back in the<br>
good old V1.0 days. It's awesome that she is still working towards<br>
implanting a version of it :-)<br>
<br>
<a href="http://sapiensanonym.blogspot.com/search/label/northpaw" target="_blank">http://sapiensanonym.blogspot.com/search/label/northpaw</a><br>
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Eric<br>
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On 1/1/11 2:00 AM, Rachel McConnell wrote:<br>
> This woman is hard-core!<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/transcending-the-human-diy-style/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/transcending-the-human-diy-style/</a><br>
><br>
> Also, she's making an implantable North Paw for herself! I'm impressed<br>
> and scared in about equal amounts.<br>
><br>
> Rachel<br>
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