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Neil Harbisson

composer, painter, photographer

1982

Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised British-Irish-American cyborg artist and activist for transpecies rights. He is best known for being the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull. Since 2004, international media have hailed him as the world's first legally recognized cyborg, following the UK government's passport office's acceptance of his antenna as a body part. Publications like The Guardian have also described him as the world's first cyborg artist. His antenna sends audible vibrations through his skull to report information to him. This includes measurements of electromagnetic radiation, phone calls, and music, as well as videos or images which are translated into audible vibrations.

All Quotes by Neil Harbisson

There's no legal protection for cyborgs. In 2010, I started the Cyborg Foundation to defend our rights. Cyborgs have been kicked out from several places because they are seen as a possible security threat. I've been kicked out from places such as Harrods, Casino Montecarlo, and many supermarkets.

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Beware not to use the future as an excuse to ignore living in the present.

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I don't feel that I'm using technology, I don't feel that I'm wearing technology, I feel that I am technology.

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There are no white skins, and there are no black skins. Humans skins are of different shades of orange.

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Life will be much more exciting when we stop creating applications for mobile phones and we start creating applications for our own body.

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Technology is made by humans. If we modify our body with human creations we become more human.

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It's not the union between my head and the electronic eye what makes me feel 'cyborg', it's the union between the software and my brain.

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If salads sounded like Justin Bieber, children would eat more vegetables.

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When you're a little weird, you aspire to be normal; when you're very weird, you aspire to be recognised for it.

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If I have problems perceiving a color I don't know who to go to – an opthamologist, a neurologist, or a computer programmer.

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Light is slow.

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