The case for merging human bodies with machines
6/5/202650 min
From robot helpers to smart body parts, the line between human and machine is blurring. This hour, TED speakers design tech that enhances us without diminishing our humanity. Guests include robot choreographer and computer scientist Catie Cuan, engineer and biophysicist Hugh Herr, material scientist Anna Maria Coclite and biochemist Jennifer Doudna.
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Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:17
This [sound] is the TED Radio Hour. Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks- Our job now is to dream big ... delivered at TED Conferences- To bring about the future we want to see ... around the world.
Brittany Luse0:30
To understand who we are.
Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:31
From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you- You just don't know what you're gonna find ... challenge you- We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy? ... and even change you.
Catie Cuan· Guest0:43
I literally feel like I'm a different person.
Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:45
[laughs] Yes. Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading from TED and NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. In 2014, Cady Kwan was a professional dancer in New York City living her dream.
Catie Cuan· Guest1:04
Taking the train to Lincoln Center and dancing at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and traveling all over the United States to be in various shows. I did The King and I at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. I did Cinderella at the Gateway Theatre. I had my own dance company, actually, and we did something between, like, six to 10 shows a year.
Manoush Zomorodi· Host1:28
But