IEEE Spectrum October 3, 2019 According to IEEE Digital Reality Initiative human augmentation and machine augmentation are converging, creating a new symbiotic creature. Some of the indicators are: Digital twins – can be created from anything physical that is wired for data with sensors, including you and me; Smart machines can be made by four types of intelligence – embedded, shared, collective, and emerging; Augmenting humans – physical performance with exoskeletons and smart glasses, advances in prosthetics, are further extensions of our physical and mental abilities. Ethical concerns are likely to arise. It is important to consider the consequences…read more. […]
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Human enhancement: Is it good for society?
Science Daily February 11, 2019 An international team of researchers (Switzerland, UK, Australia, USA – Columbia University, UC San Diego, industry) probed the individual and collective impact of human augmentation technologies based on the theory of self-determination which divides well-being into three parts: autonomy — the ability to make one’s own decisions; competence — the capacity to act and contribute to society; and social relations — the network of relationships that we can count on. The key question is not about the effectiveness of the regulations, but rather about a new transparency that would allow everyone to take enhancements or […]
Electrical Pulses and Neural Code Boost Memory Storage
IEEE Spectrum April 6, 2018 A team of researchers in the US (Wake Forest School of Medicine, UCLA, Virginia Tech, University of South Carolina) recorded the brain activity associated with the storage of specific information, mathematically modeled and decoded that activity, and then wrote the code back into brain to make existing memory work better. With the electrical boost, volunteers’ memory performance improved by 35 percent. The research is one of several approaches that could one day lead to “brain prostheses” to fill in for lost memory. The study was funded by DARPA through its Restoring Active Memory, or RAM […]