Improving Bionics - Wanna be a Guinea Pig?
The promise of a better life for some, and the promise of super human abilities for others has scientists and researchers always trying to improve on and mimic the functionality of the Human Body.
In a recent article from Wired titled What if Bionics Were Better, they bring to readers attention a growing group of people eager to try any new technology that improves on current human performance. Performance such as the human hand, feet, interaction with WiFi, etc etc. Whatever you have control of oustide the body people are probably thinking of ways to integrate it with your everyday human features. Those bland things like, your eyesite, why not imbed a chip that allows you to watch TV in one eye while you walk down the street and look for obstacles with the other.
Or how about the whacked out idea of feet that integrate into a car and allow your nervous system and muscle movement to control the machine. Does it sound like something straight out of the Terminator? Well if people are willing to try this stuff out, these technologies could begin to enter the testing phase sooner than we think. Look at the last 15 years and just try and imagine what the next 15 years will bring.
Will you be able to listen to millions of different songs without even carrying an iPod? How about an embedded chip in your brain that sends signals to the same nerves that control sound recongintion and gets it’s song signals via Wi Fi. Turn it off and on with a thought.
When can I get one of those? How about we call it the iPod Cloud?
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