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3. Above-The-KneeAmputee Earle Connor CA
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6. Double Below-The-KneeAmputee Oscar Pistorius ZA
7. PHYSICAL PROSTHESESTo recover lost functionality External Prostheses
Spectacles, ...
Renal dialysis machines, iron lungs, ...
Exo-Prostheses
Contact lenses, Hearing-aids,
Artificial Limbs, ...
Endo-Prostheses
Shoulders, hips, knees, stents, ...
8. PHYSICAL ORTHOSESTo extend functionality External Orthoses
Binoculars, telescopes, ...
Decompression chambers, space-suits, ...
Teleoperation incl. Remotely-Controlled Arms, Haptics (tele-feedback to touch), ...
Exo-Orthoses
Walking-sticks, Cricket bats, ...
Night-glasses,
Artificial limbs, ...
Endo-Orthoses
Pig-hearts for humans ?
9. Above-the-Elbow AmputeePeter Eberle AU
10. Above-the-Elbow AmputeePeter Eberle AU
11. Stelarcs Performance Art
12. Steve Manns Wearcam, Sousveillance, etc.
13. Steve Manns Wearcam, Sousveillance, etc.
14. The Boston Retinal Implant Project
15. Electrical pulses are generated in the patient's ear which generate the impression of sound.22 electrodes replace tens of thousands of hair cells
16. Electrical pulses are generated in the patient's ear which generate the impression of sound.22 electrodes replace tens of thousands of hair cells
17. Kevin chip-in-arm Warwick
18. NEUROLOGICALPROSTHESES and ORTHOSES External
Virtual Reality, Haptics, ...
Exo-
Steve Manns visual/sousveillance, ...
Endo-
Neurologically-controlled arificial limbs, Cochlear implants, Chip implants, ...
19. Cyborgism and Robotics Robot from art to engineeringCoined by Karel apek 1918, 1921 for mass-produced men /serfs (R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots)Robotics coined by Asimov in 1942, forthe engineering of computation-effector artefactsRobotic Engineering from the 1950s
Cyborg from engineering to artClynes & Kline 1960 extra-terrestrial environments demand an enhanced human being
Advanced Artificial Limbs (AALs) are RobotsSo People with AALs are robot-hybrids, now
20. DIGITAL or VIRTUAL PROSTHESES and ORTHOSES Agent-Principal Communications
Stock-Price Movement alerts
Arbitrage-Opportunity alerts
Asset-Security alerts (house, car, ...)
Virtual Reality
Visualisation in 3D
Haptics (touch-feedback)
Avatars
Gaming
Conferencing
21. The Enhanced Persona Opportunities The Digital Persona (1994 Vintage)a model of an individual's public personality based on data and maintained by transactionsand intended for use as a proxy for the individual
Avatars project Appearancedistant in Space and/or Time
Agents enable Actiondistant in Space and/or Time
These are elements of Projected Persona
They create new opportunities for individuals
22. The Enhanced Persona Threats Avatars and Agents create opportunities for exploitation by Organisations as well, e.g.
Surveillance Bots, watching People
Control Bots, acting on People
Scope also exists for a Persona to be imposed or manipulated, e.g.
Evidence Falsification
Evidence Planting
23. Biological Prostheses and Orthoses Surgical Procedures
Joint Repairs (Knee, Hip)
Laser Eye Surgery
Elbow Enhancements, for baseball pitchers
Gene Therapy / Intervention, e.g. for
Cystic Fibrosis
...
Genetic Selectivity / Eugenics, e.g.
Foetus-Screening (for termination)
Embryo-Screening (for IVF)
Germinal Choice Technology (for feature selection)
24. Mental / ComputationalProstheses and Othoses? Computationally-Derived Intelligence / AI(complex algorithms), largely failed ...
... on to Biologically-Inspired Computing(simpler, genetic rules), leading to ...
Artificial Life(lifelike behaviour of digital artefacts)
25. Human-Artefact HybridisationCategories of Artefacts Physical Neurological Digital Biological
Prostheses
External
Exo
Endo
Orthoses
External
Exo
Endo
26. Speculative Extensions New Sensors
Stelarcs muscles stimulated by external forces such as local internet traffic
Magnetic and Electrical fields
Gravity
Telepathy,
...
New Effectors
Induction
Telepathy, Telekinesis,
...
27. Speculative Extensions Jacking in / Constructs / Partials / Dittos / ... (Vinge, Gibson, Bear, Egan, Brin, ...)
Uploading (Moravec)
...
Transhumanism (Esfandiary)
The Singularity (Vinge)
28. Likely Development Paths Research Sponsorship by:
Sports Industries
The Aging Rich
The Aerospace-Military Complex, now the Homeland Security Gravy-Train
Early Applications to:
Sport
Individual Wellbeing and Survival
Security (whose?)
29. Some Impacts Social Control by Nation-States, Corporations:
Surveillance and Control Robots, Cyborgs
Persona-Imposition
Orthosis-Imposition (e.g. chip-insertion)
Power-Balance among Near-Human Entities
Entity Rights
Existential Notions:
Human-ness and Humanity
Individuality