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Further Reading

Books
Warwick, Kevin. I, Cyborg. Chicago: University of Illinois Press,
2002.
Autobiographical account with a focus on Warwick’s implant experi-
ments.
———. March of the Machines: The Breakthrough in Artificial
Intelligence. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Warwick surveys developments in artificial intelligence and robotics
(including his own work at the University of Reading) and argues that
a new age of intelligent machines will radically challenge many of our
assumptions about intelligence.

Articles
Sanchez-Klein, Jana. “Cyberfuturist Plants Chip in Arm to Test
Human-Computer Interaction.” CNN.com (from PC World.com),
August 28, 1998. Available online. URL: http://www.cnn.com/
TECH/computing/9808/28/armchip.idg/index.html. Accessed on
September 2, 2005.
Describes Warwick’s experiment in which he implanted a silicon chip
transponder in his arm, allowing him to communicate with computers
without the use of a keyboard or other input device.
Warwick, Kevin. “I Want to Be a Cyborg.” Comment letter to the
Guardian, January 26, 2000. Available online. URL: http://www.
guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3954989,00.html.
Warwick explains why he is willing to take the risks involved in
extending human capabilities.

Web Site
Professor Kevin Warwick. URL: http://www.kevinwarwick.com.
Accessed on September 20, 2005.
Warwick’s home page at the University of Reading, including discus-
sion of his human cyborg (implant) projects.