Super You: How Technology Is Revolutionizing What It Means to Be Human, Walker Andy Edward, Svela Kay

This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the trees...and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these visionaries are solving deep problems of human health and longevity--and their progress is accelerating. Super You takes you inside their labs, companies, and minds...to show how you can reap the benefits of a stronger, longer, better, life. Youll learn how to start hacking your life today, to become more super, every day. Discover whats possible when yesterdays human limits are gone

• Learn how evolution became obsolete--and why its time to start hacking yourself
• Save your life with whirring jet engine hearts, printed organs, and other medical miracles
• Rewire and turbo-boost your ape brain
• Become a mega-mind by connecting your brain directly to the Internet to use Googles synthetic neocortex
• Become superhuman with cyborg technology
• Design and mold your looks
• Genetically engineer your baby to be a tennis star (and other true stories)
• Prepare for the political and religious backlash against the future
• Discover how scientists will make death obsolete by treating it like a curable disease--and how to live until they do