A startup in the Netherlands has developed a way to use excess body heat from humans to mine for cryptocurrency, which it believes will provide a way for people to generate income as automation begins to eat away at employment opportunities.
The Institution of Human Obsolescence (IoHO), founded in 2015, is exploring new ways to leverage biological production as a new form of labor. The experimental startup’s first project requires humans to suit up to convert body heat into energy for cryptocurrency mining.
IoHO has suited up 37 workers so far, all of whom are placed in a body suit that […]
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