Authors @ Google: Michael Chorost

Author Michael Chorost visits Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA, into discuss his book, “Rebuilt: How computers become a part Me More Human” Made. This event took place on 30 June 2008, as part of the Authors @ Google series. Michael Chorost became a cyborg on 1 October 2001, the day his new ear was booted up. hearing loss born in 1964, he went completely deaf in his thirties. Instead of living in peace, he decided into surgically restore a computer into be embedded in his skull have artificial ear. This is the story of Chorost trip into hear – from deafness, from man into cyborg – & how it transformed him. The fusion of silicon & flesh long ago the stuff was from science fiction. But funny as in this Chorost, reveals poignant & enlightening treatise is at present fantasy gives way into reality. For more information about Michael Chorost & rebuilt, visit www. Thebook conversion. com Chorost Michael has a BA from Brown University & a Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches & advises.