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The Cyborg Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2010 by cyborg activist and artist Neil Harbisson and his long-time partner, choreographer Moon Ribas.〔García, F.C. ("Nace una fundación dedicada a convertir humanos en ciborgs" ), ''La Vanguardia'', 1 March 2011.〕 The foundation is an institution for the research, creation and promotion of projects related to extending and creating new senses and perceptions by applying technology to the human body.〔Rottenschlage, Andreas ("The Sound of the Cyborg" ) ''The Red Bulletin'', 1 Mar 2011.〕 The Cyborg Foundation was first housed in Tecnocampus scientific park in Mataro (Province of Barcelona) and is currently based in New York. It collaborates with several institutions, universities and research centers around the world.〔Redacción ("Asombrados por un cyborg. La Universidad Modelo recibe a Neil Harbisson" ), Diario de Yucatan, 17 November 2011〕 The mission of the foundation is to help humans become cyborgs, to promote the use of cybernetics as part of the human body and to defend cyborg rights. The foundation believes that some cybernetic extensions should be treated as body parts, not as devices.〔Maia, Rafael ("Nao quero vender olhos" ), Terra Networks, 9 February 2012.〕 Harbisson states that the foundation does not intend to repair people's senses, the foundation makes no difference between people with disabilities and people with no disabilities as he believes we are all in need to extend our senses and perception: "We are all disabled when we compare ourselves with other species, a dog for instance can hear and smell much more than any of us"〔Molinsky, Eric ("Neil Harbisson, cyborg" ), Studio 360, WNYC, 4 November 2011〕 Harbisson has donated eyeborgs to blind communities and has taught colour to blind children to help them develop the sense of colour.〔EFE ("Tecnologia cyborg para la vision" ), EFE, 27 October 2011〕 ==History== The foundation was created as a response to the growing amount of letters and emails that Neil Harbisson received from people around the world interested in becoming a cyborg.〔Calls, Albert ("“Les noves tecnologies seran part del nostre cos i extensió del cervell”" ) ''La Tribuna'', 3 Jan 2011.〕 Since its creation the foundation has kick-started several new-sense development projects and has donated eyeborgs to blind communities in Europe, Asia and America.〔EFE ("Tecnologia cyborg para la vision" ), EFE, 27 October 2011〕 The first blind person to try out an eyeborg was Sabriye Tenberken followed by blind students from Braille Without Borders in Tibet and members of the Sociedad de Ciegos de Pichincha in Ecuador.〔Redacción ("Una fundación se dedica a convertir humanos en ciborgs" ) ''El Comercio (Peru)'', 1 Mar 2011.〕 In 2010, the foundation was the overall winner of the Cre@tic Awards, organized by Tecnocampus Mataró.〔Martínez, Ll. ("La Fundació Cyborg s'endú el primer premi dels Cre@tic" ), ''Avui'', 20 Nov 2010〕 In 2011, after Harbisson's visit to Quito, vice-president of Ecuador Lenin Moreno announced that his government would collaborate with the Cyborg Foundation to create sensory extensions and electronic eyes.〔Redaccion ("Gobierno impulsara plan para no videntes" ), El Tiempo (Ecuador), 30 October 2011.〕 In 2012, after lecturing at Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco in Recife,〔Redação ("Primeiro ciborgue do mundo estará nesta quarta na UPE" ), ''Diário de Pernambuco'', 30 April 2012〕 the Cyborg Foundation signed a partnership to create new cybernetic extensions in collaboration with Universidade de Pernambuco in Brazil.〔Lins, Letícia ("Homem-ciborgue desenvolve projeto no Brasil" ), ''O Globo'', 2 May 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cyborg Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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