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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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Mon 19 Feb 2018 08:32GMT

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