From feeling the magnetic feild of the planet to hearing wifi, discover the people who have augmented their perception with a new sense.
In a previous blog we explored Sensory Augmentation technology — a way to expand our perception of the world by merging with technology, giving us added sensory information about the world around us. Here are 5 people who have designed and created their own technology to do just that!
LIVIU BABITZ
How to enhance your world with Sensory Augmentation technology
What if you could feel infra-red light? Or hear colour? Or even read your Twitter posts through vibrations on your skin? And if you could, how would this new sensory information change how you perceive the world around you, or change how you live your life? Through the development of Sensory Augmentation technology we can now begin to explore new sensory experiences that have otherwise been beyond our reach due to our limited sensory capabilities.
Sensory Augmentation is:
the extension of the body’s ability to sense aspects of the environment that…
Us in relation to the world, and the world in relation to us
We all create mental maps where we can imagine the streets, buildings and people around us - these maps enable us to visualize and navigate to where we intend to go. We are able to do this because the human brain contains a subset of navigational neurons, namely; head-direction cells, place cells, and grid cells which gain functionality within the first months of our development. These specialized cells converge to program an internal and intrinsic GPS system.
The processing of spatial, temporal, and social relations is dependent upon mental cognitive maps, on which the self becomes oriented in relation to…
The action and ethics of augmenting the human
WHAT IS HUMAN ENHANCEMENT?
The idea of using technology to enhance humans has been prominent throughout history and has been popularised by the media for a good part of the last century — from classic sci-fi books such as ‘Brave New World’ (1932), to films like ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (1995) and ‘Gattaca’ (1997). However, the rapid pace of scientific and technological innovation in the last century has created seemingly endless new possibilities for humans to augment themselves in reality, body and mind, in order to gain new abilities — otherwise known as Human Enhancement (HEt). …
CyborgNest
A Neurotech Sensory Enhancement Company. cyborgnest.net
