I'm listening, I just don't know it.
Sunday, August 9, 2009 by shaf_sz
Whether you like it or not, you might just have to become a cyborg.
Does that sound scary? Well, it may actually be a necessity. Dennis highlights the idea that the "body has no firewall" - officially coined by Thomas (1998). The idea that the mind and the body can be controlled or manipulated in a more subtle manner is one of the major points that Dennis is examining, but what really stood out for me, was the fact that, with the way technology is being advanced, the human body will be the technology of the future.
Dennis' example of Microsoft was one that stood out for me. Microsoft was awarded a patent in 2004, which secured them exclusive rights to a technology "that uses the electrical capacity of the human body to act as a computer network"and it would be "using the the human skin's conductive properties to link a host of electronic devices around the body". This clearly shows Microsoft is using the bio-properties of the human body, in order to make the body a computer, with the capability to connect to other networks (bodies or traditional networks).
Sure, it sounds great on paper, but if we become computers, and the human body has no firewall, as Thomas says, we are open to many dangers. Terrorism may not come in the shape of planes crashing into towers, rather, the subtle changing of peoples attitudes may create even more chaos, and there wouldn't be too much we could do about it, or worse, we wouldn't even know that it was happening.
All I know is that I'm getting the best human anti-virus software there is, ASAP!
Does that sound scary? Well, it may actually be a necessity. Dennis highlights the idea that the "body has no firewall" - officially coined by Thomas (1998). The idea that the mind and the body can be controlled or manipulated in a more subtle manner is one of the major points that Dennis is examining, but what really stood out for me, was the fact that, with the way technology is being advanced, the human body will be the technology of the future.
Dennis' example of Microsoft was one that stood out for me. Microsoft was awarded a patent in 2004, which secured them exclusive rights to a technology "that uses the electrical capacity of the human body to act as a computer network"and it would be "using the the human skin's conductive properties to link a host of electronic devices around the body". This clearly shows Microsoft is using the bio-properties of the human body, in order to make the body a computer, with the capability to connect to other networks (bodies or traditional networks).
Sure, it sounds great on paper, but if we become computers, and the human body has no firewall, as Thomas says, we are open to many dangers. Terrorism may not come in the shape of planes crashing into towers, rather, the subtle changing of peoples attitudes may create even more chaos, and there wouldn't be too much we could do about it, or worse, we wouldn't even know that it was happening.
All I know is that I'm getting the best human anti-virus software there is, ASAP!