Technology and Us

Are we already cyborgs? in this modern age people interact with more technology than ever before and thanks to new forms of technology on the go e.g. I phone or the smart phone people are always linked to technology in some way or form. Stelarc suggests that ' human evolution is aided and determined by technology' (Shaw D,2008,p82)

Google class is the latest form of technology on the go. Google glass are a pair of glasses that can be worn on the go. These glasses come with many features but one of the most important ones is that it is linked directly to the internet and it itself could be seen as a computer. Figure 1 is an example of Google glass.

Figure 1

These shows that technology is becoming so advanced that it is already in front of us in every way but ti is also becoming even bigger and even more personal to us. this shows that Stelarc is right that the human body is becoming obsolete that are body's re becoming dependent on these technology's. 'Stelarc's work de-organizes the body by drawing attention to the way that technology extends, amplifies, invades and shapes contemporary body's'. (Shaw D,2008,p81)

This coincides with the next topic that is what could be? for one technology has advanced so far and at such a fast passes it shows no signs of slowing down. This also means that medical technology is not slowing down ether. medical technology has become so advanced that people with lost limbs can now have them back as if they were never gone in the first place. below is a link to a video of  the latest version of robotics that have been connected threw the nervasystem.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppILwXwsMng

bibliography/ webography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppILwXwsMng

Shaw, D. (2008) Technoculture: The Key Concepts; Oxford Berg Press