Wow! The year 2021 is almost over. I don't know about you, but with the pandemic, the year feels like a blur. Sometimes I think: 'Did the pandemic start this year or last year?' Aside from COVID, there was still plenty going on in the world. And you can find all kinds of reminiscences, from politics, to sports and showbiz. Related articles are: technology trends 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022. Developments 2021 Below, I therefore share the eight moments that ...
What are the most relevant and exciting trends for 2022? In this article, I address my fascination with technological developments, as well as geopolitics. These are the trends of 2022: Brain Computer Interfaces; Human Augmentation; Tensions between China and the United States; Synthetic biology; Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (with blockchain). You can leave a comment at the bottom of this article if you have a question or comment. Are you curious about trends from other years: trends 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2021. If you ...
Cyborg. What are Cyborgs? Definition, meaning, philosophy (with Cyborg Manifesto), movies (my top 5!), companies & 8 examples of cyborgs. What is a cyborg? What is a cyborg? The word cyborg comes from the term cybernetic organism: the physical amalgamation of human and machine. Other terms for cyborg are artificial human, a mix of human and machine, or a bionic human. The examples that most appeal to the imagination come from films, series and books. I personally think of Inspector ...
Human Augmentation. Definition, 4 examples & impact. What is human augmentation? What are examples and techniques of human augmentation? What is human augmentation? Human augmentation focuses on cognitive and physical improvement by adding or expanding (bodily) functions with the help from technological means [link below]. An example of cognitive improvement is a headband that stimulates certain brain areas for more focus and concentration. The use of a bionic lower leg to be able to run faster or jump higher is ...
Human Enhancement Research, Scientists & Journals. What are the best articles, journals (3x) and meetings (9x) on human enhancement science? This article dives into human enhancement as a field of research itself. By the way, I have written an extensive article about human enhancement, and also about technologies, and ethics. In this article I write about these topics: Journals Meetings, like conferences and symposia Projects Scientists Approaches and classification of human enhancement technologies Journals in this domain Journals human enhancement ...
Human enhancement ethics. Is human enhancement ethical? How can you asses the impact of human augmentation technologies? Incl. current debate on this topic! By the way, I have written an extensive article about human enhancement, and also about technologies, and research. Ethics of human enhancement I read the book The Ethics of Human Enhancement: understanding the debate. In this video I tell you what I learned from this book. The video is published on my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/IPhbQjCqFgs My video about The Ethics ...
Human enhancement technologies. What are examples of human enhancement technologies? What are future augment technologies? Incl. definition, benefits & risks Technology human enhancement Human Enhancement is about the use of science and technologies to upgrade, enhance and/or change human capabilities and functions. On my YouTube channel I made this video to explain this term, examples of technologies, and its implications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHHg3QF5oxo My video about human enhancement Human Enhancement Examples I describe the following methods and applications in this article, with ...
What is Neuralink? Neuralink explained: chip, experiments in pig Gertrude and monkey. How Neuralink works & vision of Elon Musk (cyborgs). Elon Musk Neuralink Halfway 2017 Elon Musk came in the news with Neuralink for the first time. The company wants to expand the human intelligence with artificial intelligence by implanting a chip in the head. More specific: this company wants to be able to intervene on the neurons in the brain. I have structured this article as follows: Video: ...
Future humans: evolution. What is the future human species? How do we advance (using technology)? What is the future of the human body, humans and humanity? Future human evolution What will the humans of the future look like? Will we create and sculpt the ‘perfect’ human? In this article, I’ll zoom in on the future of humans – for instance by looking at different methods and techniques in the field of (biomedical) technology, the ethics behind them, and their impact. ...
