Manel De Aguas Muñoz (born 10 October 1996 in Barcelona), known artistically as Manel De Aguas, is a Spanish cyborg artist and transpecies activist based in Barcelona,Fernandez, Javier A. "Hoy te has cruzado con un cíborg y no te has dado cuenta", El País, 12 September 2017 best known for developing and installing weather sensory fins in his head.Zas, Raquel "This Cyborg Artist Can Sense The Weather Using Ear Implants.", Vice, 29 July 2020. The fins, formally known as 'Weather Fins', allow him to hear atmospheric pressure, humidity and temperature changes through implants at each side of his head.Editor "Cyborg becomes 'human weather station' after surgically implanting 'fins' into his head", Irongate10, 28 May 2020 Depending on the changes he feels, he can predict weather changes as well as sense his current altitude."Festival Future Port představí i kyborg", MediaGuru, 7 September 2017
De Aguas studied contemporary photography in Barcelona and became Cyborg Foundation's artist in residence in 2016.Carrillo, Nereida "Cíborgs: l’art de dissenyar-se a un mateix", Ara, 25 June 2017 In 2017, he co-founded the Transpecies Society,"A veces nos operamos, nos insertamos tecnología, encima de un piano", EITB Radio Televisión Pública, 1 January 2018 an association that gives voice to people who do not identify as being 100% human and raises awareness on issues they face.Editorial "Ciborgs: el increíble mundo de quienes no se consideran 100% humanos", Semana, 11 November 2017. The association, based in Barcelona, offers workshops specialized in the design and creation of new senses and organs.Ferenci, Isabella "Cyborg ist, wer sich als Cyborg fühlt“, ORF, 13 October 2017
De Aguas has shared his experience as a cyborg artist by performing and speaking in conferences and festivals in Germany, UK, Romania, Spain and The Netherlands among others.Vizan, Sebastian "Următorul pas în evoluția omenirii: tipul ăsta are Internet în craniu, aude culori și acum vrea să simtă Soarele sub piele" , Noizz, 2017 He also talks about it extensively in the Shaping Business Minds Through Art podcast.
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External links Report including Neil Harbisson, Moon Ribas, Kevin Warwick and Manel De Aguas in El País Interview in Radio Cope Report including other cyborg artists in La Vanguardia Magazine Report in Heraldo