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Cyborg 009 Finale Manga to End in 5th Volume

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Story entered its final arc in August

The wraparound jacket band on the fourth volume of Masato Hayase and Sugar Sat's Cyborg 009 Kanketsu-Hen conclusion God's War manga announced on Friday that the fifth volume will be the series' last. The manga entered its final arc last August, and the fifth volume is scheduled for April. The manga is published on Shogakukan's free online manga website Club Sunday.

Cyborg 009 Kanketsu-Hen conclusion God's War will conclude the Cyborg 009 science-fiction story as a manga series, 15 years after Ishinomori passed away. Club Sunday launched the Cyborg 009 Kanketsu-Hen conclusion God's War arc in April 2012.

Ishinomori's son, actor and filmmaker Jo Onodera (Kamen Rider Kuuga, Shin Kamen Rider), outlined the story based the conceptual notes, rough sketches, and the novel draft that Ishinomori himself left behind. Masato Hayase (Kikaider), a former assistant of Ishinomori, and Sugar Sat have drawn the new manga with Ishinomori's former studio Ishimori Productions.

The first Cyborg 009 manga launched in Shounen Gahousha's Weekly Shonen King magazine in 1964, and then ran for nearly 22 years in Weekly Shonen Sunday, Monthly Shonen Jump, and other magazines. Web Sunday published the first new Cyborg 009 manga in 18 years in 2010. Ishinomori's definitive work also inspired three television series and several films, including's 009 Re:Cyborg by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East).

Ishinomori created the original Cyborg 009 manga about nine unsuspecting humans who are transformed into cyborgs by the secret Black Ghost organization. However, the nine cyborgs turn on their masters and protect the rest of humanity from Black Ghost's plans for world war.

Update: Club Sunday will finish its serialization on February 4.

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Google’s smart contact lenses for diabetics: Another step towards the Google-powered cyborg

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Google X, the secretive research lab famed for its work on Glass and Googles self-driving cars, has unveiled its next product: Smart contact lenses. The first smart contact lens, aimed at diabetics, takes a glucose level reading every second from the tears that wash over your eye when you blink, and transmits that data wirelessly to a nearby device. Google doesnt say what device, but presumably a smartphone or Google Glass. Yes, if Google X has its way, we will soon all look like cyborgs, our bodies becoming interconnected networks of implants and augmentations.

Currently, if you have diabetes, you generally have to perform finger-stick blood tests throughout the day. At best this is inconvenient, at worst its disruptive and painful but either way, if you want to safely manage your blood sugar levels, it must be done. Due to the inconvenience factor, though, many diabetics dont test themselves as often as they should which then leads to all sorts of nasty situations, such as passing out. There are other ways of reliably testing blood sugar levels, such as your tears but, as you can imagine, collecting tears is no easier than pricking your finger. Unless you have a smart contact lens

Concept art for a multi-pixel wireless contact lens display.

With Googles smart contact lens equipped, if your glucose level dips or spikes, a warning can be transmitted instantly to a nearby display your smartphone, smartwatch, or head-mounted display (Google Glass).Future versions of the smart lens might even have a built-in LED that lights up if your glucose level crosses above or below a given threshold. This is obviously much easier and convenient than regularly sticking your finger. (Read:What is transhumanism, or, what does it mean to be human?)

Single pixel contact lens display, in a rabbits eye.

While it might sound incredibly advanced, the technology in Googles smart contact lens isnt that wild. Theres basically just two components, sandwiched between two layers of contact lens material: An antenna and rectifier, and a small glucose sensor. The problem with smart contact lenses, though, is the power source. Google glosses over this point because the current solution is rather ungraceful: Wireless power transfer from a nearby power source. Because of the tiny antenna, the power source probably has to be very close. Google Glass would work though, at this point in its development, were probably not talking about anything nearly as graceful its probably just stationary lab test. (Diabetics strapped to a chair, contact lens inserted, and then tested.)

The good news is, Google X has the best person in the world when it comes to smart contact lenses Babak Parviz. Way back in 2011, Parviz made a wireless smart contact lens with a single-pixel LED display(pictured right)Google X was obviously impressed with his work and picked him up. Smart contact lenses, due to rather unique placement theyre able to see the world, and display information to the wearer are one of the most exciting areas of cyborg implantation and augmentation. Their one weakness is that they are heavily constrained by their size and transparency requirement. Still, if Google X can find a graceful way of powering smart contact lenses, this could be a very exciting endeavor indeed.

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Let’s Play Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale #11 – Rise of the Cyborg Ninja – Video

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