Cochlear implants help those with hearing loss. These devices demonstrate that in principle implantable electronic devices can improve human functioning. It seems we are headed for an era when cognition can be improved by implanted computers. Maybe the implants will come with wifi, enabling the user to access information available on the internet. Artificial enhancement of intelligence has been explored, for example, in the story Flowers for Algernon and in the movie depiction of it, Charly. We are getting closer to electronic implants. (See for example, http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2018/03/23/the-vast-benefits-of-tech-implants-in-the-human-brain/). Suppose it becomes possible. What would happen if someone could hack into people’s brains via their implanted wifi connections? Will science begin to advance exponentially? Will it cure dementia? Are there committees of the wise looking at these issues?
Good question,
First of all, we need to take consumers acceptance to the entire idea in consideration.
Then, with more and more of these devices implanted in humans of course more challenges will be discovered and solved on the way.
If at one point we realize that the benefits of such additions to our bodies are more useful than their expected problems, then I think they will be accepted in a wide range.
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Robert,
Cochlear implants and even those for vision restoration (see, for example, >>
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) are still passive devices without the possibility of sensing or a complete interaction. Whilst, that has not yet be made, the first step will be using a device which has sensing and communication in it, e.g., MEMS or MST. But still, we are very far from that point.- Badges
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