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body hacking

application of the hacker ethic to improve their own bodies with do-it-yourself cybernetic devices
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Summary

body hacking is an enterprise[1]. It draws 2,119 Wikipedia views per month (enterprise category, ranking #95 of 800).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: body modification[3]
  • Different from: DIY biology[4]
  • Practiced by: biohacker[5], biopunk[6], quantified self[7], transhumanism[8], body modification[9]

Why It Matters

body hacking has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → enterprise
    Practiced by → biohacker, biopunk, quantified self +2
    Subclass of → body modification
    Different from → DIY biology
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 28322, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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