• Question: when willwe get rombotic enchancements as agenral occurance

    Asked by anon-220636 on 12 Jun 2019.
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      Rebecca Moon answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I’ll be honest here and am not really sure what it you mean by the question, but maybe just because robotics is not my expertise. Hope someone else can answer for you.

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      Kaitlin Wade answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I’m sure robotics will be incorporated into the future in a big way. I’ve been watching Years and Years on BBC recently and they delve into the idea of humans ‘integrating’ with robots to become more superior/efficient beings. Interesting thought!

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      Matthew Bareford answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      Robotic enhancements are already happening…

      We have pacemakers (these control the hearts beating), robotic arms and legs already in use by amputees and even electronic eyes that help people to see!!!

      In terms of a general occurrence where you could get them without a ‘medical’ reason, there are already some people who have microchips implanted under their skin to operate doors and things and in truth, these enhancements are being looked at more and more, so I don’t think it will be too long (perhaps the next 10 years) when some things may start to become more mainstream

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      Nina Rzechorzek answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      I’m excited by the idea of a ‘health microchip’ that can monitor all of our major physical parameters and for indicators of disease (e.g. blood pressure, blood sugar levels). The objective would be to pick up disease or risk factors for disease at the earliest opportunity giving us a better chance of preventing or treating a whole range of conditions. This kind of technology is already in commercial development so I imagine it wouldn’t be long before it could be used for clinical benefits. However, with every new technology that collects ‘health-related data’ it flags up ethical and regulatory issues – for example, how might this data affect someone’s health/life insurance premium? Could abuse of this data have negative consequences for patients? Who owns the data?….Most people already treat their mobile phone like it’s an extension of themselves – not sure I’d actually want it to be surgically integrated with me though

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