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Human Augmentation (WK11) (What is enhancement (Icarus, Spectacles,…
Human Augmentation (WK11)
What is enhancement
Icarus
Spectacles
Hearing aid
IVF - 1978
Contraception
High heels
Diving bells
Drugs
Life support machine
Prosthetics functional
Toe in mummy - 600BC
Dentures Ivory
"Waterloo teeth"
Porcelain - 1811
Future Applications
2020 - Self-Awareness
Awareness of cognitive, biological, social
forces = better decision making
Knowledge and skills for all
2020 - Security/Welfare
National security
Intelligence gathering systems
invulnerable data networks
measures v. bio/chem/nuclear attacks
Welfare
Uninhabited combat vehicles
adaptable smart materials
info-rich systems
2020 Agriculture
Smart Farming
Sensors monitor conditions
2020 Communication
Across barriers
Cultural, language, geographical, professional specialisation
Science revolutionised
Inter-species
DOGS sense of smell olfactory - cancer detection in urine
2025
Robots and agents - compatible with human
goals, awareness and personality
Human body - durable, healthy, energetic,
easy to repair, resistant to stress / biothreats
/ aging!
Technology and treatment compensates for
physical and mental disabilities, eradicates
some conditions
2030..
Genetics
Human / plant / animal
control and concensus - ethics
Transport
Universal real-time information system
high efficiency vehicle design
(check robot cars)
Eudcation
unified diverse curriculum - nanoscale to comic scale
Prosthetics-aesthetic
Plastic Surgery
Cosmetic eye- 1561
Mammaries
Aesthetic improvement
Opportunity of adversity
Aimee Mullins (TED)
Prosthetics
Not to replace loss
power to create to fill space
architect of own identity