Appendix: Cyborg “Fingercaps” and Resources

While researching and writing this book, I came across several inspirational projects that led to many different project ideas of my own. One piece that I was especially drawn to was a set of 3D-printed fingernails developed by Studio XO (mentioned in Chapter 14 ) for Lexus. You can see the full video explaining the collaboration online at https://vimeo.com/102814854 .

I had recently seen cyborg artist Neil Harbisson (mentioned in Chapter 13 ) give a talk about his experiences as a cyborg and the work he has done with the Cyborg Foundation. I found that I was curious about cyborg enhancements myself, but not enough to actually implant something in my body. I decided I wanted to create a way to try ...

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