Thursday, October 7, 2010

The extended body - cyborgs

Here's an example of artists working with the extended body. In this concept, the skin is adapted as the user interface. The computer would adhere to the skin's surface and run on body heat. It uses the DNA code to identify the user and determine settings. It remains solely conceptual at this point, but the technology is not that unfeasible. Unfortunately, neither is the person who will wear something so ridiculous and allow themselves to be tracked on a genetic level. I suspect this same person is currently wearing a bluetooth earpiece. http://news.discovery.com/tech/dattoos-body-art-melds-dna-computing.html

I make fun, but know that my view is antiquated. Maintaining anonymity as well as web presence is an impossible equation. Still the idea of being physically plugged in is just creepy. I already spend too much time with my computer.

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