With Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip back in the news, we test out the latest tech to find out if biohacking is in our future…
The term ‘biohacking’ may conjure up images of extreme body modification.
This is especially true when you have celebrities such as Canadian singer Grimes and American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, who already has a $24 million diamond implanted in his forehead, discussing plans on Twitter to get Elon Musk’s Neuralink ‘brain chip’ implanted by 2022.
We’ve all seen Neuralink’s video of a chipped monkey playing a video game.
But using high-tech treatments and devices to ‘hack’ our bodies into becoming stronger, fitter and healthier doesn’t always have to be so extreme.
‘Biohacking is using science and technology to understand, take control of, and optimise your own biology,’ says Dr Nichola Conlon, founder of UK-based Nuchido Laboratories.
‘Biohacking is experimenting…
