Super You ─ How Technology Is Revolutionizing What It Means to Be Human

&>Hack yourself! Discover how tomorrow's incredible technologies will soon make your body, your brain, and your kids fantastically superhuman. Grow replacement organs. Implant chips in your brain. Edit your DNA. Double your lifespan! You can live longer, better, smarter. The technology is on the way: much of it's already here. Super You will reveal how you'll soon be able to:

• Upgrade your looks by growing new and improved body parts in the lab
• Grow new organs when your old ones wear out -- and replace limbs lost in accidents or warfare
• Increase your lifespan: live long and prosper
• Grow taller, even if you're already an adult
• Get smarter, with new brain implants
• Use nanobots to clean out your arteries and enhance your brain
• Sense magnetic fields and distant storms
• Jack your brain directly into the network for instant knowledge
• Curate your baby's DNA to eliminate disease before it strikes (and choose her eye color while you're at it)

Will super villains raise havoc with tomorrow's technology enhanced humans? What will your government say about all this? Which body hacking companies should you invest in? What are the social and ethical implications of all this? What would God, Buddha, Jesus, or Vishnu say? Make no mistake: this is no comic book fantasy or sci-fi dream. It's coming, whether you're ready or not. Read Super You . Be ready.

Andy Walker has had a long career as one of North America’s top technology journalists. In the last two decades, he has written about consumer technology for dozens of national newspapers, magazines, and websites. His personal technology advice column was syndicated across Canada and today his body of work is published at technologytips.com where more than 50 million unique visitors have read the advice over the last decade. Super You is his fifth book (he has written four with Pearson Education).

Andy was also a cohost on the internationally syndicated TV show Call for Help with Leo Laporte on G4TechTV as well as writer and host of several spinoff shows. He has also worked with some of the top luminaries in technology publishing. Between 2002 and 2004, Andy was the executive editor of Berkeley-based Dig_iT magazine, a publication focused on the digital lifestyle. It was founded by David Bunnell and Fred Davis, the publishing pioneers behind PC magazine, PC World, MacUser, and MacWorld.

Walker has a passion for technology literacy. He created the Canadian charity Little Geeks, which gives computers to children and families in need. He is also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work in technology literacy and digital publishing.

Andy was a pioneer in video podcasting with the hit Internet show Lab Rats, which he cocreated with Super You coauthor Sean Carruthers, and can also be seen and heard regularly across the dial on national radio and television commenting on emerging technology trends. He has also had consulting roles on content and business development projects for Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Canadian Press Enterprises.

Andy was born in the UK, educated and raised in Canada, and now lives in Tampa, Florida, with Kay, his wife and coauthor, and Carter, their first child. They also run Cyberwalker Digital (Cyberwalker.com), an online marketing agency.

You can reach Andy, and learn more about him and his coauthors at readsuperyou.com.

Kay Walker is a life hacker. She teaches people noninvasive tools—neuroplasticity exercises, emotional IQ skills, and personal development tactics—they can use to access their full potential and overcome their biological limitations that hold them back from living a life they love. She’s the creator of AwesomeLifeClub.com, an exclusive club for individuals who want to learn tangible tools they can use to become super performers in all areas of life.

Walker is well known for her advocacy work in the mental health field. She runs a resource site Depression Zone (http://depression.zone) where she provides online support, books, courses, and private coaching services for people suffering from depression.

She’s also married to coauthor Andy Walker. It’s not the first project the two have collaborated on. They run a digital marketing agency, Cyberwalker Digital (based in Tampa, Florida) where they teach businesses and entrepreneurs how to strategically market their businesses on the Internet.

Though she’s well-versed in digital marketing, Kay is the least “techie” of the three authors. She helped refine Super You into a book for a mainstream audience. She also brings a female perspective to some of the more gender-specific topics covered in the book, such as designer babies and cosmetic surgery.

Sean Carruthers has been writing, podcasting, and broadcasting about technology for nearly two decades. Sean was a content producer on the G4TechTV programs The Lab with Leo Laporte, Gadgets and Gizmos, Torrent, and Call For Help. He was also one of the early pioneers in the world of video podcasting, where he cocreated, cohosted, and edited the long-running technology program Lab Rats with coauthor Andy Walker.

He served as the Test Lab Editor for The Computer Paper and HUB: Digital Living magazine, where he was always up to his eyebrows in the hottest new technology. His writing has been featured in The Globe and Mail, the Village Voice, allmusic.com, ITWorld Canada, and various other technology and music publications. He has also produced audio and video content for various outlets, including CBC Radio’s program Spark.

Currently, Sean is the manager of the custom video department of The Canadian Press Enterprises Pagemasters North America subsidiary, where he has overseen the production of nearly ten thousand videos.