Biohacking

Biohacking
Grinders are people who apply the hacker ethic to improve their own bodies with do it yourself cybernetic devices or introducing Biochemicals into the body to enhance or change their bodies' functionality. Many grinders identify with the biopunk movement, open-source transhumanism, and techno-progressivism. The Grinder movement is strongly associated with the body modification movement and practices actual implantation of cybernetic devices in organic bodies as a method of working towards transhumanism, such as designing and installing do-it-yourself body-enhancements such as magnetic implants. Biohacking emerged in a growing trend of non-institutional science and technology development.

"Biohacking" can also refer to managing one's own biology using a combination of medical, nutritional and electronic techniques. This may include the use of nootropics, non-toxic substances, and/or cybernetic devices for recording biometric data (as in the Quantified Self movement).

Classification Criteria
H+ considers "biohacking" any technique (e.g., genetic engineering) or solution (e.g., implantable devices) that alters the normal behaviour of the human body. These alterations include things like:

  • anti-aging
  • development of artificial senses
  • pain eradication

For more information about how H+ classifies products and technologies relevant to human body enhancement, please review our Classification Criteria.

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