10 Facts About Tim Cannon

Tim Cannon is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and biohacker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tim Cannon is best known as Chief Information Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, a biotechnology startup company that creates technology to augment human capabilities.

Tim Cannon himself has had a variety of body modification implants, and has been referred to in the media as a cyborg.

Tim Cannon has spoken at conferences around the world on the topics of human enhancement, futurism, and citizen science, including at TEDx Rosslyn, FITUR, the University of Maryland, the World Business Dialogue, the Medical Entrepreneur Startup Hospital, and others.

Tim Cannon has been published in Wired and featured in television shows such as National Geographic Channel's The Big Picture with Kal Penn.

Tim Cannon has been featured on podcasts including Ryan O'Shea's Future Grind and Roderick Russell's Remarkably Human.

Tim Cannon has had a variety of body modification implants, including a radio-frequency identification tag in his hand and magnetic implants in a finger, wrist, and tragus, causing him to be labelled a cyborg by media outlets including Business Insider, Newsweek, The Awl, and others.

In May 2012, inspired by Lepht Anonym, Tim Cannon had finger magnets implanted to give him an "extra sense", the ability to feel electromagnetism.

In October 2013, Tim Cannon became the first person to be implanted with the Grindhouse-designed biometric sensor known as Circadia, a procedure which was performed by body modification artist Steve Haworth in Essen, Germany.

Tim Cannon is currently working to design an improved, consumer-friendly version of his Circadia implant that measures additional biometrics such as blood glucose, blood oxygen, blood pressure, and heart rate data.