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In April 2017, Neuralink announced that it was aiming to make devices to treat serious brain diseases in the short term, with the eventual goal of human enhancement, sometimes called transhumanism. [ 22 ] [ 10 ] [ 23 ] Musk said his interest in the idea partly stemmed from the concept of " neural lace " in the fictional universe in The Culture ...
[23] [24] In pentathlon, the events for this class have included Shot, Javelin, 200m, Discus, 1500m. [23] F7 throwers compete from a seated position. The javelin they throw weighs .6 kilograms (1.3 lb). [29] The shot put used by women in this class weighs less than the traditional one at 3 kilograms (6.6 lb). [30]
While we waited for Neuralink to present the progress it's made over the last couple of years in brain-computer interface technology, the New York Times and Bloomberg published information from an ...
James Emanuel Fuchs (pronounced / ˈ f juː ʃ /; December 6, 1927 – October 8, 2010) was an American communications executive and athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put. Track and Field News rated him the number one shotputter in the world in the 1949–50 seasons. [ 3 ]
Jakub Porzycki / GettyNeuralink, the neurotech startup spearheaded by Chief Twit Elon Musk, held their much-ballyhooed and oft-delayed tech demo on Wednesday night—promising a lot while showing ...
Brown Trafton competed in the 2004 Olympic Trials in Sacramento, California in both the shot put and the discus throw. Her best throw coming into the discus competition was 192 feet. In the first throw of the discus final, she threw a 9-foot personal best of 201 feet 3 inches, surpassing the international A-standard mark, and qualified for her ...
The classification was created by the International Paralympic Committee and has roots in a 2003 attempt to address "the overall objective to support and co-ordinate the ongoing development of accurate, reliable, consistent and credible sport focused classification systems and their implementation."
On that same day Matson put the shot over 70 feet three times and the discus over 200 feet three times. He narrowly missed making the 1972 Olympic team when he finished fourth at the Olympic Trials. [2] Matson retired after that contest as the only man who, up to that time, had ever put the shot over 70 feet.