human bionics - more freedom or electronic slavery?

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The third in our 2014 series of interactive experiences, in collaboration with Adobe, "Tech Challenges: Surfing and Diving Deep." It includes survey results. Full webinar recording at http://adobe.ly/1vprKe2 You'll find more about this series at http://www.culturecom.net/TransFormation/webinars_2014/about.html Engineered extensions of the body, such as intelligent prostheses, implants for enhanced perception and automated medical treatments are going to be the norm. They may be seen as part of a desirable future of greater autonomy and freedom, or as instruments of greater dependency and surveillance of citizens.

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Ray  Ga

llon  &  Neu

s  Loren

zo  

@TransformSoc  

Human  Bionics  More  Freedom  or  Electronic  Slavery?  

h@p://www.smartboneblog.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/02/url-­‐copia.jpeg  

@TransformSoc  

Poll: What’s your opinion of Human Bionics?

• Pick  one  answer:  

A:  Something  to  be  afraid  of  

B:  A  promise  of  a  better  life  

@TransformSoc  

The Connotation of Human Bionics

h@p://www.e-­‐encuesta.com/answer?testId=Z+VP3Ua/O1w=  

Human  bionics  is  mainly  about  roboWc  mechanisms  in  a  futurisWc  scenario    Human  bionics  relates  to  implants  to  enhance  human  capabiliWes  

9%  

91%  

Which  of  these  two  statements  is  closer  to  reality?

@TransformSoc  

3000-Year-Old Prostheses

Prosthesis,  (from  Ancient  Greek  prósthesis,  "addiWon,  applicaWon,  a@achment"  

h@p://www.pinterest.com/pin/387591111653328904/  

Iraq:  Lens,  1200-­‐1000  BCE    Secret  Knowledge

h@p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthesis  

Egypt:  Toe,  1200-­‐1000  BCE  FuncJonaliy

h@p://media-­‐cache-­‐ec0.pinimg.com/736x/e1/cd/0f/e1cd0f0fefabef6b81630d6a0d5e56f.jpg  

Iran  :  Eye,  2900-­‐2800  BCE    Money  &  Power    

@TransformSoc  

Leonardo da Vinci: The Concept

Bionics:  the  use  of  biological  prototypes    for  the  design  of  man-­‐made  syntheWc  systems    

                     –Dr.  Jack  E.  Steele,  US  Air  Force,  1960 •  Study  basic  principles  in  nature    

•  Use  them  to  produce  applicaWons  to  meet  the  needs  of  humankind    

h@p://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/design/images/davinci.jpg  

h@p://elder-­‐geek.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2010/11/830px-­‐Leonardos_Flying_machine_Design.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Technology for Health Enhancement

Roman  surgical  instruments  found  at  Pompeii    

h@p://www.pinterest.com/pin/387591111654234215/  

h@p://www.pinterest.com/pin/387591111654990751/

Victorian  ProstheWc  Arm  (1885)    

@TransformSoc  

@TransformSoc,

Cochleal Implant

h.p://www.bbc

.co.uk/news/sp

ecial/sci_enviro

nment/12/bionic_

body/img/cochl

ear_implant320x180.j

pg,

External)&)Implanted

@TransformSoc,

Timed Release Medication from

a Smart Skin Patch h.p://themedicalfuturist.com/wp:content/uploads/2014/03/31:1000x1000.jpg,

External)&)Opera-ng)on

Health and Technology

@TransformSoc  

Health and Beauty

h@p://vigodenWstas.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2014/02/bigstock-­‐Capped-­‐Dental-­‐Implant-­‐Model-­‐6941096.jpg  

h@p://www.amawebs.com/storage/photos/m42dl49edne.jpg  

Replacing  or  Improving?

@TransformSoc  

Using  digital  prostheWc  devices  can…

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Offer  you  new  sensorial  potenWaliWes    

Help  your  individual  growth    

Facilitate  your  professional  development    

Make  you  dependent  on  a  machine    

Leave  you  vulnerable  to  hackers    

Expose  you  to  external  control  and  surveillance  

All  age  groups  

Under  40  age  group  

@TransformSoc  

@TransformSoc,

From Controlling the External Environment…

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8content/uploads/2

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A Paradigm Shift for Technology

@TransformSoc,

…To Controlling Our Internal Selves

h.p://jjlayfield.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/transhumanism.jpg,

h.ps://research.unsw.edu.au/sites/all/files/styles/carousel_image/public/

images/custom_project/1346204775_greggs_eye_image.jpg?itok=KoXlzYX3,

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@TransformSoc  

Taxonomy: Bionic Degrees

Source:  TransformaWon  Society,  2014  

@TransformSoc  

Draped Wearables Devices  that  we  drape  onto  our  bodies  –  glasses,  clothing,  watches…  

h@p://www.highsnobiety.com

/files/2014/05/highsnobiety-­‐

op-­‐

ed-­‐the-­‐future-­‐of-­‐wearable-­‐te

chnology-­‐04.jpg  

h@p://usabilitygeek.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/12/ways-­‐wearable-­‐

technology-­‐can-­‐improve-­‐our-­‐lives-­‐google-­‐glass.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Wearable: Finger Reader Wearable Text-Reading Device

h@p://www.vilaweb.cat/media/conWnguts/000/090/400/thumbnails/thumb_474__4.jpg  Full  text:h@p://www.vilaweb.cat/noWcia/4215438/20141017/dit-­‐lector.html  

h@p://vimeo.com/86912300  

@TransformSoc  

Embedded Wearables

Worn,  but  in  inWmate  contact  –  prostheses,  contact  lenses,  ta@oos…  

h@p://blog.monty.de

/wp-­‐content/u

ploads/2009/0

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t-­‐lense.jpg  

h@p://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/

2014/01/Sensor-­‐Tatoo-­‐image-­‐001.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Patrick (13) was the youngest person in the world with a robotic arm (2010)

“My  friends  think  it  looks  like  something  out  of  a  film.    

On  the  first  day  I  had  it,  the  ba@ery  ran  out  really  quickly  because  everyone  wanted  to  check  it  out  and  shake  my  hand!”  

h@p://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9040000/newsid_9048400/9048484.stm  

@TransformSoc  

@TransformSoc,

Natural Walking Function

h.p://www.dvice.c

om/archives/2009/04

/stanford_studen.

php,

Not Necessarily Electronic Not Necessarily Expensive

@TransformSoc,

A $350 3D-Printed Myoelectric Arm for a 6-Year-Old

h"p://www.3ders.org/ar0cles/201407289year9old9boy9gets93d9printed9myoelectric9arm.html

July,28,,2014,

@TransformSoc  

h@p://img.deusm.com/designnews/2011/07/231068/6571.jpg  

Implants

h@p://i.yWmg.com/vi/Tt8_28fqEXk/hqdefault.jpg  

h@p://i.imgur.com/jCM6laG.jpg   h@p://head

lesschicken

.ca/cyborg

blog/uploa

ded_imag

es/

ta@oo1-­‐72

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Integrated  into  the  interior  of  our  bodies  in  a  permanent,  or  semi-­‐permanent  way  –  chips,  electrodes,  insulin  pumps,  permanent  ta@oos…  

@TransformSoc  

Grafts and “Wet Systems”

Living  Wssue  that  augments  or  replaces  capacity,  not  just  implanted,  but  graued  into  the  body  -­‐  May  be  mixed  with  silicon.     Transcriptor  –  a  biological  transistor  developed    

at  Stanford  University  (drawing)  

h@p://images.sciencedaily.com/

2013/03/130328142400-­‐large.jpg  

ArWficial  bioe

lectric  interfa

ce  using  jellyfi

sh  

(University  o

f  Illinois  at  Ch

icago)  

h@p://www.b

ioe.uic.edu/p

ub/BIOE/

BioeProspecW

veStudents/b

mljellyfish.JPG  

This  sensor  chip  uses    slime  mold  to  do  its  work  

h@p://www.newscienWst.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn11875/dn11875-­‐1_510.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Slime Mold Computing

h@p://images.techWmes.com/data/images/full/5

166/slime-­‐mold-­‐logic-­‐gates.jpg?w

=600   h@p://www.microsou.com/global/eu/publishingimages/MolecularCompuWng_01_Page.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Ref:  h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHh50PHN5M  

Ref:  h@p://www.awesomeoff.com/images/entries/mainview/subdermal_ear.jpg  

Hybrid: Implant + Graft

@TransformSoc  

People  with  limited  hand  movement  can  now  have    elecWve  amputaWon  and    bionic  replacement  in  Vienna  

@TransformSoc  

Do these ideas make you uncomfortable?

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A  helmet  controlling  machinery  directly  through  brain  waves  

Personal  electronic  devices  etched  onto  your  skin  as  a  ta@oo  

Implants  controlling  body  malfuncWons  

automaWcally  

Implanted  personal  devices,  permanently  connected  to  the  Internet  of  Things  

Graued  personal  devices  combining  

electronics  with  living  Wssue  with  living  Wssue  

YES   NO  

Under  40  age  group

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51.11  

13.33  

71.11  

35.56  

73.33  

48.89  

86.67  

28.89  

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A  helmet  controlling  machinery  directly  through  brain  waves  

Personal  electronic  devices  etched  onto  your  skin  as  a  ta@oo  

Implants  controlling  body  malfuncWons  

automaWcally  

Implanted  personal  devices,  permanently  connected  to  the  Internet  of  Things  

Graued  personal  devices  combining  

electronics  with  living  Wssue  with  living  Wssue  

All  age  groups

Under  40  age  group

h@p://www.e-­‐encuesta.com/answer?testId=Z+VP3Ua/O1w=  

@TransformSoc  

Convergence

•  “A  coherent  science  and  engineering  approach  based  on  the  unity  of  nature  and  its  holisWc  invesWgaWon  will  lead  to  technological  convergence  and  a  more  efficient  societal  structure…  bring[ing]  together  nanotechnology,  biotechnology,  informaWon  technology,  and  new  technologies  based  in  cogniWve  science.”  

 

M.C.  Roco  and  W.S.  Bainbridge  (NSF),  Converging  technologies  for  improving  human  performance:  IntegraGng  from  the  nanoscale,    Springer,  2002  h@p://cms.springerprofessional.de/journals/JOU=11051/VOL=2002.4/ISU=4/ART=5099721/BodyRef/PDF/11051_2004_ArWcle_5099721.pdf  

•  “With  proper  a@enWon  to  ethical  issues  and  societal  needs,  the  result  can  be  a  tremendous  improvement  in  human  physical  and  mental  capabiliWes,  individual,  and  societal  outcomes,  and  quality  of  life.”    

@TransformSoc  

h@p://www.3ders.org/images/beauty-­‐bald-­‐eagle-­‐beak-­‐1.jpg  

h@p://www.3ders.org/arWcles/20120814-­‐injured-­‐bald-­‐eagle-­‐beauty-­‐gets-­‐bionic-­‐beak.html  

Incorporating Ethical Issues

A  3D  Printed  Beak

@TransformSoc  

Dynamic Convergence

Source:  Roco  &  Bainbridge    

Ethics

@TransformSoc  

Enhanced Perception… Digital  Reality  

?Bionics  

Ref:  h@p://www.awesomeoff.com/images/entries/mainview/subdermal_ear.jpg  

Internet  of  T

hings  

h@p://farm

9.staWc.flick

r.com/8296

/779342322

2_b275916e

a7_m.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

…Enhanced Performance

h@p://cdni.wired.co.uk/1240x826/o_r/rnanpsvwcv7b6aun5iq3.jpg  

Mind  Control:  faster  and  be\er

@TransformSoc  

Connecting Bionically

@TransformSoc,

h.p://www.psu.com

/forums/showthread.php/3

06516=A=sensa?ona

l=breakthrough=the=

first=bionic=hand=tha

t=can=feel,

2009: A

Bionic Hand

that Can Feel

@TransformSoc,

2014: Sense Objects, Size, Shape, and Texture

h.p://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/blog_post_media/public/bionic@hand@touch.jpg?itok=gz1wGNlk.,

@TransformSoc  

Cheaper and Faster

h@p://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/03/dutch_hospital_gives_paWent_n.php  

3D  Printed  Skull h@p://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstaWc.com/staWc/managed/876/493/6603DSpine2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1    

3D  Printed  Vertebras

•  Private  or  Public  Funding  for  research?  •  Randomized  or  Selected  PaWents?  •  Public  and  Transparent  Results?  

@TransformSoc  

3D Printing & Human Tissue Cultures

h@p://ediWon.cnn.com/2014/04/03/tech/innovaWon/3-­‐d-­‐prinWng-­‐human-­‐organs/  

@TransformSoc  

Who Decides Who Gets One? US  FDA  approves  the  Deka  arm,  the  first  commercial  mind-­‐controlled  prostheJc  arm  (May  2014)

h@p://www.extremetech.com/extreme/182202-­‐fda-­‐approves-­‐the-­‐deka-­‐arm-­‐the-­‐first-­‐commercial-­‐mind-­‐controlled-­‐prostheWc-­‐arm  

@TransformSoc  

Stragegies for Getting One

 What  about  your  kid?  

•  Wrote  to  Mercedes'  F1  team    

•  Asked  for  $57,000  bionic  hand.  

•  Offered  the  company  to  sponsor  the  hand  with  Mercedes  logo  -­‐  like  ads  on  F1  cars.  

14-­‐year-­‐old  Ma@hew  James  

@TransformSoc  

Neil Harbisson can hear colours and

connect to Internet

Ref:  h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHh50PHN5M  h@p://www.pinterest.com/pin/480900066434104938/  

h@p://www.businessinsider.com/bionic-­‐technology-­‐human-­‐cyborgs-­‐2014-­‐7    

Who Certifies It?

@TransformSoc  

Is  it  one  thing  to  use  a  chip  to  help  somebody  with  a  neurological  challenge  and  another  to  insert  one  to  improve  normal  brain  function?    

@TransformSoc  

@TransformSoc,

Cybathlon

h.p://www.techandinnova9on

daily.com/wp<content/uploads/2013/02

/Bionics.jpg,

Looking,forward,to,the,Bionic,

Olympics,in,2016,

Brave New World?

@TransformSoc,

Would You Ask for an Implant for Better Performance?...

,Possible(reasons:,,•  Health,•  Sport,•  Jobs,•  Science,•  Paren8ng,•  Sex,•  …,,,…,,,?,,

h=p://www.juanblogs.com/wpCcontent/uploads/2014/03/LookingCforwardCforCBionicCOlympicsCinC2016.jpg,

@TransformSoc  

When do I Stop Being Me?

@TransformSoc  

Bertolt  Meyer: What  happens  if  a  bionic  hand  becomes  available  that  lets  you  type  more  rapidly?    

Or  a  leg  that  lets  you  run  faster?    

Would  you  choose  to  replace  a  healthy  limb  with  a  bionic  one?    

Should  that  be  allowed?    

@TransformSoc  

Claudia  Mitchell    has  a  bionic  arm,    controlled  by  her  brain  (2005  image)  

@TransformSoc  

Which of these uses of human bionics would you accept for yourself?

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Medical  implants  that  include  your  personal  treatment  

records,  available  to  health  professionals  

Implanted  devices  to  facilitate  personal  life,  such  as  

telephones,  idenWficaWon,  cashless  transacWons  

Enhanced  night  vision  through  ocular  implants  for  

professionals  like  police,  security,  soldiers,  etc.  

An  extra  wearable  limb  for  gaming  

Which  of  these  uses  of  human  bionics  would  you  accept  for  yourself?

Under  40  age  group  

All  age  group  

h@p://www.e-­‐encuesta.com/answer?testId=Z+VP3Ua/O1w=  

@TransformSoc  

Who Has the Power? Robotic Knights to Save Human Lives…?

h@p://media3.s-­‐nbcnews.com/i/streams/2013/August/130816/6C8651922-­‐exoskeleton.jpg  

Talos,  roboWc  exoskeleton  

h@p://arWficialhumanoid.blogspot.com.es/2013/09/leonardo-­‐da-­‐vinci-­‐humanoid-­‐robot_9.html  

Romanesc  RoboJc  Knights  

Ray  Ga

llon  &  Neu

s  Loren

zo  

@TransformSoc  

“My  i-­‐limb  connects  to  my  iPhone,  but  my  iPhone  is  connected  to  the  internet.  Technically,  a  part  of  my  body  has  become  hackable.”  

–Bertolt  Meyer  

@TransformSoc  

Which  of  these  do  you  think    is  most  ethically  relevant?  

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0  

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11.43  

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14.29  

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Cost  of  bionic  devices  

Who  decides  about  

providing  implants  

Who  has  priority  access  

to  bionic  devices  

ArWficially  altered  

percepWon    

Hacking  neuronal  

transmi@ers  

ViolaWon  of  the  body  

Challenge  to  religious  beliefs  

Threat  of  control  or  surveillance  

1   2   3  

h@p://www.e-­‐encuesta.com/answer?testId=Z+VP3Ua/O1w=  

@TransformSoc  

What are the limits?

Ref:  h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHh50PHN5M  

Jerry  lost  his  finger  in  an  accident:  Now  he  has  a  Flashdrive  implant  

With  electrodes  fixed  to  his  brain,  Chirpy  the  pigeon  no  longer  has  full  control  of  his  criWcal  faculWes.  

h@p://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/cyborg_pigeon2_2.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

Man, Lord of Animals?

@TransformSoc,

Helping Animals – or Using Them?

h.p://blogs.plos.or

g/wonderland/files/

2012/05/2010_03_1

4_motalaBwithBadjustedB

prosthesis.jpg,

,Decision(m

aking:,

,•  Empathy,

•  PrioriIes,

•  Efficiency,

•  Investment,

•  Ethics,•  …,,,…,,,?,

,

@TransformSoc,

Cyborg insects – or Mini-Drones?

h.p://media5cache5ec0.pinimg.com/236x/50/a8/0f/50a80fa568c94337a92083aa09133fc3.jpg,

,Security)and)Privacy:,,•  FuncFons,•  Transparency,•  GuaranFes,•  AuthoriFes,•  War,

•  …,,,…,,,?,,

@TransformSoc  

–  Could  bionic  research,  e.g.  for  depression,  also  be  used  as  a  psychotropic  weapon?  

–  Who  is  responsible  when  a  thought-­‐controlled  device  causes  unintended  harm?    

h@p://www.bluebadgestyle.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/10/th.jpg  

@TransformSoc  

CyberneWcs  expert  Kevin  Warwick  connected  his  nervous  system  to  his  wife's:    When  she  moves  her  arm,  he  feels  it  in  his  brain  

Ref:  h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHh50PHN5M  

Connecting to Others or Controlling Others?

@TransformSoc  

Human Bionics More Freedom or Electronic Slavery

Rate on the following scale, where 1 is freedom, and 4 is slavery?

h@p://www.e-­‐encuesta.com/answer?testId=Z+VP3Ua/O1w=  

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