The integration of technology into the human body has already begun. Whether that means you are a person using a pacemaker, a bodyhacker implanting RFID chips into your hands, an amputee using prosthetics, a person wearing contacts (or even glasses), a magician using magnets on her fingertips, a Black Mirror character living in a video game, or even a teenager glued to their phone.
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In today's society, we have become so absorbed and reliant on technology that our lives are consumed by it. There's no arguing that our environments are defined by our relationship with technology. But as this tech revolution continues to explode, it becomes increasingly important to question how close we want technology to be on, or in, our bodies.
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So, are we already cyborgs? Before we set out to show you the many ways in which humans are becoming cyborgs, we want to start by giving you an idea of what people like you are thinking about all of this. We did an online survey where over 250 people answered our questions.
How You Feel About Being a Cyborg
Here is some basic demographic data about our respondent pool and how often they use tech.
Why You Should Care NOW
As tech increasingly creeps its way into our minds and bodies, it's important to stop and question the larger impacts of it all. If we choose to do this now, rather than later, we may be able to control our future.
It's easy to see the many incredible ways that technology is revolutionizing work and medicine - think about how far we've come with prosthetics. But what happens when technology develops beyond function, and we move to a phase of human history where we augment our bodies beyond nature? Elective surgeries, microchipping, and inventions that once seemed reserved for science fiction will become the norm.
facing your fears
We asked respondents, "what are some of your fears for the future of technology?" These were your top fears, and below are responses by John Cohn, IBM Fellow at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and Tim Cannon, CEO of Livestock Labs.
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