Transforming Society Through Human Bionics

Ray
Gallon
&
Neus
Lorenzo
@TransformSoc
Human Bionics
More
Freedom
or
Electronic
Slavery?
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@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
Human
bionics
is
mainly
about
roboWc
mechanisms
in
a
futurisWc
scenario
Human
bionics
relates
to
implants
to
enhance
human
capabiliWes
Which of these two statements is closer to reality?
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9%
91%

Iran : Eye, 2900-‐2800 BCE
Money & Power
@TransformSoc
3000-Year-Old Prostheses
Prosthesis,
(from
Ancient
Greek
prósthesis,
"addiWon,
applicaWon,
a@achment"
Iraq: Lens, 1200-‐1000 BCE
Secret Knowledge
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Egypt: Toe, 1200-‐1000 BCE
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FuncJonaliy
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e1cd0f0fefabef6b81630d6a0d5e56f.jpg

Leonardo da Vinci: The Concept
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@TransformSoc
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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

Technology for Health Enhancement
Roman
surgical
instruments
found
at
Pompeii
@TransformSoc
Victorian
ProstheWc
Arm
(1885)

Health and Technology
External)&)Implanted
@TransformSoc,
@TransformSoc
Cochleal Implant
h.p://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/sci_environment/12/bionic_body/img/cochlear_implant320x180.jpg,
@TransformSoc,
Timed Release Medication from
a Smart Skin Patch
External)&)Opera-ng)on
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@TransformSoc
Health and Beauty
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Model-‐6941096.jpg
Replacing or Improving?
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Using
digital
prostheWc
devices
can…
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Offer
you
new
sensorial
@TransformSoc
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

A Paradigm Shift for Technology
From Controlling the External Environment…
h.p://zeropluscampus.umn.edu/tools/images/websolar.png,
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@TransformSoc,
@TransformSoc
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@TransformSoc,
…To Controlling Our Internal Selves
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images/custom_project/1346204775_greggs_eye_image.jpg?itok=KoXlzYX3,
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files/2011/03/P5200049.jpg,

@TransformSoc
Taxonomy: Bionic Degrees
Source:
TransformaWon
Society,
2014

@TransformSoc
Draped Wearables
Devices
that
we
drape
onto
our
bodies
–
glasses,
clothing,
watches…
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technology-‐can-‐improve-‐our-‐lives-‐google-‐glass.jpg
h@p://www.highsnobiety.com/files/2014/05/highsnobiety-‐op-‐
ed-‐the-‐future-‐of-‐wearable-‐technology-‐04.jpg

@TransformSoc
Wearable: Finger Reader
Wearable Text-Reading Device
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Full
text:h@p://www.vilaweb.cat/noWcia/4215438/20141017/dit-‐lector.html
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@TransformSoc
Embedded Wearables
Worn,
but
in
inWmate
contact
–
prostheses,
contact
lenses,
ta@oos…
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2014/01/Sensor-‐Tatoo-‐image-‐001.jpg

Patrick (13) was the youngest person in the world
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@TransformSoc
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!”

Natural Walking Function
h.p://www.dvice.com/archives/2009/04/stanford_studen.php,
@TransformSoc,
@TransformSoc
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,

Integrated
into
the
interior
of
our
bodies
in
a
permanent,
or
semi-‐
permanent
way
–
chips,
electrodes,
insulin
pumps,
permanent
ta@oos…
@TransformSoc
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Implants
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ta@oo1-‐725221.jpg

bioelectric
of
@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)
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2013/03/130328142400-‐large.jpg
ArWficial
using
interface
jellyfish
(University
at
Illinois
Chicago)
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BioeProspecWveStudents/bmljellyfish.JPG
This
sensor
chip
uses
slime
mold
to
do
its
work
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@TransformSoc
Slime Mold Computing
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Hybrid: Implant + Graft
Ref:
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@TransformSoc

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

Do these ideas make you uncomfortable?
@TransformSoc
33.33
44.44
22.22
33.33
33.33
66.67
55.56
77.78
66.67
66.67
100
100
90
90
80
80
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
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
26.67
51.11
13.33
71.11
35.56
73.33
48.89
86.67
28.89
64.44
0
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

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

Incorporating Ethical Issues
@TransformSoc
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A 3D Printed Beak

@TransformSoc
Dynamic Convergence
Source:
Roco
&
Bainbridge
Ethics

of
@TransformSoc
Enhanced Perception…
Digital
Reality
?
Bionics
Ref:
h@p://www.awesomeoff.com/images/entries/mainview/subdermal_ear.jpg
Internet
Things
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@TransformSoc
…Enhanced Performance
Mind Control: faster and beer
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h.p://www.psu.com/forums/showthread.php/306516=A=sensa?onal=breakthrough=the=first=bionic=hand=that=can=feel,
@TransformSoc
Connecting Bionically
@TransformSoc,
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
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3D Printed Vertebras
• Private
or
Public
Funding
for
research?
• Randomized
or
Selected
PaWents?
• Public
and
Transparent
Results?

3D Printing & Human Tissue Cultures
@TransformSoc
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
Who Certifies It?
Neil Harbisson
can hear colours and
connect to Internet
Ref:
h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHh50PHN5M
h@p://www.businessinsider.com/bionic-‐technology-‐human-‐cyborgs-‐2014-‐7

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

Brave New World?
Looking,forward,to,the,Bionic,Olympics,in,2016,
@TransformSoc,
@TransformSoc
Cybathlon
h.p://www.techandinnova9ondaily.com/wp<content/uploads/2013/02/Bionics.jpg,
@TransformSoc,
Wo u l d Yo u 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?

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

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

Which of these uses of human bionics would
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
@TransformSoc
you accept for yourself?
Which of these uses of human bionics would you accept for yourself?
66.67
55.56
66.67
33.33
72.73
40.91
54.55
22.73
0
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
Under
40
age
group
All
age
group

@TransformSoc
Who Has the Power?
Robotic Knights to Save Human Lives…?
Talos,
roboWc
exoskeleton
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h@p://arWficialhumanoid.blogspot.com.es/2013/09/leonardo-‐da-‐vinci-‐humanoid-‐robot_9.html
Romanesc RoboJc Knights

Ray
Gallon
&
Neus
Lorenzo
“My
i-‐limb
connects
to
my
iPhone,
but
my
iPhone
is
connected
to
the
internet.
Technically,
a
part
of
my
body
has
become
hackable.”
@TransformSoc
–Bertolt
Meyer

@TransformSoc
Which
of
these
do
you
think
is
most
ethically
relevant?
2.86
20
14.29
2.86
5.71
34.29
5.71
14.29
8.57
14.29
22.86
8.57
8.57
8.57
0
28.57
11.43
8.57
8.57
14.29
5.71
25.71
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

Jerry
lost
his
finger
in
an
accident:
Now
he
has
a
Flashdrive
implant
@TransformSoc
What are the limits?
Ref:
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

Helping Animals – or Using Them?
h.p://blogs.plos.org/wonderland/files/2012/05/2010_03_14_motalaBwithBadjustedBprosthesis.jpg,
@TransformSoc
Man, Lord of Animals?
@TransformSoc,
,
Decision(making:,
,
• 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,
• …,,,…,,,?,
,

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

@TransformSoc
Connecting to Others or
Controlling Others?
CyberneWcs
expert
Kevin
Warwick
connected
his
nervous
system
to
his
wife's:
When
she
moves
her
arm,
he
feels
it
in
his
brain
Ref:

60
50
40
30
20
10
@TransformSoc
Human Bionics
More Freedom or Electronic Slavery
Rate on the following scale,
where 1 is freedom, and 4 is slavery?
0
1
2
3
4
Under
40
age
group
All
age
groups
1.96

Real Worries, Real Paranoia, Real Lies
@TransformSoc

Human Bionics: Where is the power?
@TransformSoc
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Twier: @Transformsoc
@TransformSoc
THANK YOU
Neus
Email:
neus@transformaWonsociety.net
LinkedIn:
Neus
Lorenzo
Slideshare: h@p://www.slideshare.net/
TransformaWonSociety
2014 Web – TransformaJon Society:
h@p://www.transformaWonsociety.net
Ray
Email:
ray@transformaWonsociety.net
LinkedIn:
Ray
Gallon
Google Plus:
+Ray
Gallon
Next Topic: “Digital
Learning
–
Individual
AdapWve
ConstrucWon
or
Connected
Social
InteracWon?”
Blog/survey
published:
13
November
2014
Webinar:
4
December
2014

Transforming Society Through Human Bionics

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