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19/02/2018 GMT

Biohacking

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Biohacking

Could body augmentation soon become mainstream?

Meet the transhumanists. They're tech enthusiasts who augment their own bodies with chips, magnets and chemical enhancements.  Jane Wakefield talks to a woman who buries magnets under her skin to sense electrical fields and a man who provides implantable chips as a business.  Business Daily asks could body modifications like this soon become mainstream? 

(Picture: Man transforms into cyborg by implanting machine parts into robotic arm; Credit: mikkelwilliam/Getty Images)

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