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Human Augmentation - Coggle Diagram
Human Augmentation
Enhancements
Icarus
Spectacles
Hearing aid
IVF - 1978
Contraception
High heels
Diving bells
Drugs
Life support machine
Prosthetics
Functional
Toe in mummy - 600BC
Waterloo teeth, Porcelain - 1811
Oscar Pistorius - Flexfoot Cheetah blades
Touch Bionics - I-limb
Aesthetic improvement
Mammaries
Cosmetic eye - 1561
Plastic surgery
Drugs in Human Augmentation/ Sports - doping
Cognitive Enhancing Drugs
Nootropics
Memory Enhancers
Focus and Attention Boosters
Modafinil - 10% Cambridge students use already
Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Steroids and Muscle Growth Enhancers
Endurance and Stamina Boosters
1904 Tom Hicks - Olympic marathon
strychnine in eggnog
1967 Tommy Simpson - Tour de France
amphetamines + alcohol
Blood Doping and Oxygenation Enhancer
Now and future Appplication
Now
Information - tailored to needs
Communication - health, education, business, government
Wearable sensors - health, pollution, environment
2020
National security
Warfare
Awareness of cognitive, biological, social forces = better decision making
Future
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
Broadband interface between human + machine
Materials
Genetics
Transport
Education
2050
Outer space
extra-terrestrial bases
Exploit resources on moon, mars, asteroids
Bio-hacking
Transhumanism
Kurzweil "The singularity is near."
Self Augmentation
Implants for Human Augmentation
Neural Implants
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
Cochlear Implants
Retinal Implants