Career
In 2014, Cannon represented Grindhouse as a finalist for the "Health & Medicine" award at the World Technology Award summit in New York City. 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 He has been published in Wired and featured in television shows such as National Geographic Channel’s Taboo and "The Big Picture with Kal Penn".
Tim is currently signed with speaking agency Laurinci Speakers, and has been featured on podcasts including Ryan O"Shea"s Future Grind and Roderick Russell"s Remarkably Human.
In October 2013, 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. The device automatically sent Cannon"s temperature to his phone, was powered wirelessly through inductive charging, and mimicked bioluminescence with subdermal LEDs.
As an initial proof-of-concept test, the device was removed a few months later after it was deemed a success. He 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.
He currently has a radio-frequency identification (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag and a magnetic implant in his hands, causing him to be labelled a cyborg by media outlets including Business Insider, Newsweek, The Awl, and others