Summary: It’s a whole new world when the Internet of Things is part of you. In the future, everyone will be IoT-enhanced — bodies and minds connected via the internet to other things and people, everyone enhanced beyond normal human abilities.<br> Join Andreea and Charles as they go beyond wearables, and discuss a future where “the Internet of Things…is people!”<br> Topics<br> <br> * Dumb (passive) prosthetics vs. smart (active) prosthetics<br> * <a href="http://www.media.mit.edu/people/hherr">Hugh Herr, MIT Media Lab</a><br> <br> * Powered ankle/foot prosthesis<br> <br> <br> * How are these smart prosthetics be part of the IoT?<br> * Benefits of connecting to your central nervous system<br> * Darpa’s touch-sensitive prosthetic<br> * Australian study on improving vision in mice<br> * Argus 2 retinal prosthetic system<br> * Bionic Vision Australia’s bionic eye<br> * Type 1 diabetes<br> <br> * IoT pancreas<br> <br> <br> * Internet of Nano-Things?<br> * Sperm-bots<br> * How do you power something that’s embedded inside your body?<br> * Security: When hacks can kill<br> * Intimacy and consequences of prosthetics vs. implants<br> * Transhumanism and humanity’s conflicted relationship with enhancement<br> * Sports<br> <br> * LZR Racer swimsuit broke 168 world records this year<br> <br> * Banned as performance-enhancing substance in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Military<br> * What happens when the Internet is in everyone’s brain?<br> <br> * What happens when we can’t disconnect?<br> <br> <br> * Life extension<br> * Upgrades (!)<br> * Timeframes<br> * Flexible and temporary form factors<br> * How the IoT changes drug administration<br> * More personalized health<br> * 3D printing and prosthetics<br> <br>
