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IEET > Fellows > Natasha Vita-More

Natasha Vita-More

Natasha Vita-More is a media designer and futurist, and a prominent proponent of ethical means for achieving human enhancement. She has spoken worldwide on futurism and art for two decades. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Technology, University of Plymouth where she is working on the radical transformations of human life that may come from the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science (NBIC). Her work has been featured in Wired, LAWeekly, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, Net Business, Teleopolis, and Village Voice, and in more than a dozen documentaries. She is an advisor for non-profit organizations including the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Nanotechnology, Adaptive A.I., and Lifeboat Foundation, and is Vice-Chair of Humanity+.


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Articles


"We Are Strong: Only Insofar As We Take Advantage of Our Innate Abilities and Build Smarter Tools"   NanoTech-Now  Apr 4, 2012

"Nano’s Neo Normal"   Nanotechnology Now  Mar 26, 2012

"Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Skin"   NanoTech-Now  Mar 18, 2012

"Epoch of Plasticity"   Metaverse Creativity  Dec 16, 2010

"We are Strong: Only Insofar As We Take Advantage of Our Innate Abilities and Build Smarter Tools"   Nanotechnology Now  Nov 21, 2010

"Epoch of plasticity: The metaverse as a vehicle for cognitive enhancement"   Metaverse Creativity  Nov 1, 2010

"Zone of Life Prolongation"   BIOTOPIA  Oct 15, 2010

"Futurisms Takes My Favorite Picture at H+"   Pop Transhumanism  Jun 21, 2010

"Bringing Arts/Sciences and Design into the Discussion of Transhumanism"   Transhumanism and Its Critics  Feb 5, 2010

"Transhuman Statement and Extropic Art Manifesto"   Artists' Manifestos  Jan 1, 2010

"Nano’s Neo Normal"   Nanotech Now  Sep 21, 2009

"Human Enhancement Aesthetics"   D'Ars Magazine (Venice Bienalle issue, August-November 2009)  Aug 3, 2009

"Interpretive Dance of the Transhumanist Future"   Ethical Technology  Jun 10, 2009

"Wisdom through Neural Macrosensing"   Natasha.cc  May 19, 2007


Recent Multimedia


Natasha Vita More on Singularity 1 on 1 (part 1)   2012-03-18

Natasha Vita-More Interview   2012-01-28

Natasha & H+ Profiled on NPR   2011-11-06

Emerging Designs for Wearable Selves   2011-03-21

Transhumanist Aesthetics: A Theoretical Approach to Enhanced Existence   2010-06-02

Immersion: The Coming Fusion of Life and Entertainment (Panel)   2010-02-01

Design Issues Concerning Extreme Life Extension   2009-08-13


News


Vita-More and Goertzel re-elected to Humanity Plus Board (Apr 16, 2012)

HumanityPlus @ Melbourne Conference (Apr 10, 2012)

Ben Goertzel offering accredited summer course on The Singularity through Rutgers University (Mar 21, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More on Transhumanism (Feb 22, 2010)

Congrats to Kristi and Natasha (Jan 19, 2010)

IEETers step down from and up to the Humanity+ Board (Jan 08, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More appointed Visiting Scholar at 21st Century Medicine (Mar 07, 2009)

Natasha Vita-More featured in STAND-UP Art about Human Rights (Feb 26, 2009)

Global Spiral Publishes Ten Defenses of Transhumanism (Feb 06, 2009)

Welcome to Three New Fellows (Jan 16, 2009)

Thousands of Evo Art Portraits of Hughes and Bostrom (Dec 01, 2007)

Pursuing the Longevity Dividend: Scientific Goals for an Aging World (Sep 12, 2006)

CRN Global Task Force Essays Available Online (Mar 31, 2006)


Past Appearances


Humanity+  Summit May 2012 (Melbourne, Australia - May 05, 2012)

Vita-More and Miah @ Design for Evolution (Aalto University, Finland - Jan 23, 2012)

Natasha Vita-More @ Extreme Futurist Fest 2011 (Los Angeles, California - Jul 22, 2011)

Aubrey de Grey, Natasha Vita-More @ Technoprog! Summer 2011 (Sorbonne, Paris, France - Jun 16, 2011)

Ben Goertzel, Natasha Vita-More, J. Hughes @ HumanityPlus Summit (New York, US - May 14, 2011)

Natasha Vita-More @ Human Enhancement Symposium (Richardson, TX - Apr 08, 2011)

Goertzel, Vita-More @ Humanity Summit (CalTech, Pasadena, CA, USA - Dec 04, 2010)

Cascio, de Grey, Goertzel, Prisco, Rothblatt, Treder, Vita-More @ Transvision 2010 (Milan, Italy - Oct 22, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More @ PORT 20:10 International Conference / BIOTOPIA (Aalborg, Denmark - Oct 15, 2010)

Hughes, Vita-More @ Transhumanism and Spirituality (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah USA - Oct 01, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More @ Nanotechnology & Mechatronics International Forum (Cartagena, Colombia - Sep 30, 2010)

Vita-More @ Bionics and Nanotech International Forum (Barranquilla, Colombia - Sep 30, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More Keynotes @ GOGBOT Festival (Enschede, Netherlands - Sep 09, 2010)

Hughes, Dvorsky, deGrey, Goertzel, Vita-More, Lin and Naam @ H+ Summit (Cambridge, MA - Jun 12, 2010)

Bostrom, de Grey & Vita-More @ Humanity+ UK 2010 (London, UK - Apr 24, 2010)

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