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Merging Man and Machine
"Bionetics is the incorporation of technology into the body. Dermal displays, for example, could display your nutrition levels. Health information could be carried on the same chip as well as personalised home and car settings. Would this make life easier? "
Bionetics is the incorporation of technology into the body. Dermal displays, for example, could display your nutrition levels. Health information could be carried on the same chip as well as personalised home and car settings. Would this make life easier?

Most find this to be an interesting solution assuming security concerns are met in the process. It would provide a convenient way to carry important personal information however there is room for abuse. An implanted chip may not necessarily be the answer as less intrusive ways are available to perform these functions, for example fingerprint recognition would be an easy alternative. There is still quite a bit of debate as to whether such a technology could be secure enough to keep information safe from those who might use it in a harmful manner. Until these issues are resolved, it may be quite a bit of time before we see bionetics implemented for widespread use.

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Techy23 thinks: I think this would be an interesting option, but it could be decades before we see something like this being used in our everday lives. How amazing would it be to have digital readouts show as replacable tatoos on your skin almost like LCD straight to your skin surface. Eventually, it seems, if things move in this direction, we will become a sort of bionic human. What next? Cell phones embedded in my ear?
Simpler thinks: then the chip should also be RFID enabled so I could pay in stores, check in to hotels and in airports, etc. with no hassle. Only if the benefit was substantial would I allow this intrusion of my body.
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