Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. Some add chips to their hands to open doors or start cars, others hope to live longer through intensive monitoring of their bodies. They are biohackers, people who seek to 'upgrade' their bodies with experimental technology and DIY health fixes. In Russia, the movement is spreading, with social media forums, conferences and businesses springing up to cater to their needs. — Photos: AFP
MOSCOW: Gripping a scalpel, Vladislav Zaitsev makes an incision in the fold of skin between his client's thumb and index finger and pushes in a small glass cylinder.
Alexei Rautkin, a 24-year-old programmer in a hoodie, is having a chip inserted in his hand so he can open the door to his office without swiping a card.
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Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. Some add chips to their hands to open doors or start cars, others hope to live longer through intensive monitoring of their bodies. They are biohackers, people who seek to 'upgrade' their bodies with experimental technology and DIY health fixes. In Russia, the movement is spreading, with social media forums, conferences and businesses springing up to cater to their needs. — Photos: AFP
Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov exercises on a treadmill wearing a facemask to analyse the gases in his breath at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov exercises on a treadmill at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov exercises on a treadmill wearing a facemask to analyse the gases in his breath at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Programmer Alexei Rautkin, 24, who has chip inserted in his hand so he can open the door to his office without swiping a card, poses at his workplace in Moscow. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov exercises on a treadmill wearing a facemask to analyse the gases in his breath at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Programmer Vladislav Zaitsev, 28, shows his chipped hand while posing for pictures in Moscow. — AFP
A view of chips at programmer Vladislav Zaitsev's studio flat in Moscow. — AFP
Entrepreneur Stanislav Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. — AFP
Programmer Alexei Rautkin, 24, uses his chipped hand to open a door at his e-commerce company in Moscow. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov poses in a bathrobe after standing in a chamber chilled by liquid nitrogen to minus 120 degrees Celsius following exercising on a treadmill at a gym that calls itself a "biohacking laboratory" on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Entrepreneur Stanislav Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov exercises on a treadmill wearing a facemask to analyse the gases in his breath at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
Entrepreneur Stanislav Skakun, 36, has his blood taken for analysis at a private clinic in Moscow. — AFP
Igor Korabelnikov stands in a chamber chilled by liquid nitrogen to minus 120 degrees Celsius after exercising on a treadmill at a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
An aerial view of Moscow from inside a gym that calls itself a 'biohacking laboratory' on the 58th floor of a skyscraper in the Moscow business district. — AFP
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