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b'Wish you could ditch computers? There\\u2019s no escape button for that. Computers are not only a part of your daily grind, they may soon be a part of you. We\\u2019ll hear from the world\\u2019s first cyborg about why we should make nice in our arms race with machines.\\nAlso, the secret behind the extraordinary breakthroughs that DARPA scientists are making \\u2013 from building autonomous cars to wiring robotic surgeons.\\nPlus, making space for humans\\u2026 and their bodily functions: the engineering tricks of toiletry. And, a carbon-based astronaut on the view of Earth from orbit.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nKevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics at University of Reading in the U.K.\\n\\n\\nSantiago Bilinkis - Student at the Singularity University\\n\\n\\n\\nMary Roach - Writer and author of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void\\n\\n\\n\\nTom Jones - United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights\\n\\n\\nMichael Belfiore - Space and Technology writer, and author of The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nFirst aired August 23, 2010.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'