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Human Augmentation - Coggle Diagram
Human Augmentation
Questions for the Future
Install a smart toilet?
Take cognitive-enhancing drugs?
Genetically engineer your child?
Date a computer?
Take a moon holiday?
What is enhancement?
Definition:
The state of being augmented or enhanced.
Examples:
Hearing aids, IVF (1978), Contraception, High heels, Diving bells, Drugs, Life support machine
Improving human abilities
Can be physical, cognitive, or sensory
Future Technologies (2025–2050)
2030:
smart materials & nanoscale tech
Human-machine interfaces
2050:
Space exploration, lunar colonies
2025:
human body durable, healthy, easy to repair
Robots, agents
Link:
https://wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/superhuman/the-future-of-humanity-story/texts/?photo
Prosthetics
Functional:
Flexfoot Cheetah blades
I-limb (Touch Bionics)
Toe in mummy - 600BC
Dentures (Ivory, "Waterloo teeth", Porcelain - 1811)
Aesthetic:
Mammaries
Plastic surgery
Cosmetic eyes
Transhumanism
Ray Kurzweil "The singularity is near."
Link:
http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html
Bio-hacking & Cyborgs
Embedding chips, elective implants
Link:
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/cyborgs-among-us-human-biohackers-embed-chips-their-bodies-n150756
Self Augmentation
Goal = Expanding cognitive capabilities
Link:
https://www.futurelearn.com/
Animal & AI Communication (ACI)
Projects:
Dogs detecting cancer
Koko the Gorilla (sign language)
Link:
https://www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/cancer-info.html
Enhancement in Sports
Doping Examples:
Tom Hicks (1904, strychnine)
Lance Armstrong
Ethics:
Debate over performance-enhancing drugs.