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INTERNET-CONNECTED THINGS IN, ON, AND AROUND OUR BODIES
This intimate technology knows our feelings, thoughts, and experiences, even if they are not
expressed. Below you will find six categories.
Go beyond our human limitations. Implanted under the skin to improve human performance.
Worn on the body. Complement the senses with data from the user’s environment.
Attached to the skin. Provides insight into body data such as heart rhythm.
Everyday objects such as trash cans or medicine boxes equipped with smart technology.
Body-worn smart things combining body data with external information.
Technologies inside your body that convert body data into a digital ID.
SWALLOWABLES
SURROUNDABLES
ENCHANTABLES
WEARABLES
AUGMENTABLES
BIOHACKABLES
IMPLANTS DIGITAL GLASSES DIGITAL TATTOO SMART MEDICINE BOX SMART DRESS DIGITAL PILLAdd digital information to the observed physical world.
A chip used, for instance, to adjust the light in a room to the carrier’s mood.
A sensor in the cover signals when the box is opened. The LED blinks when it is time to take your medicine.
Monitors what is going on under the skin, from blood circulation to brainwaves.
The dress as a compu-ter, with antennas in the seams and a SIM card in the label.
Provides access to rooms or computer files. Or monitors body tem-perature.
Social experimentTHE KNIFE CUTS BOTH WAYS
Our lives governed by computers
Pathetic repercussions
Less privacy due to all-intrusive personal information
Privacy
You can always be traced
Control
Information overload
More diffuse
Customized data on a silver platter
Empathic ability
Data monitoring for a safer life
Security
Live in full freedom
Autonomy
The right information at hand – anywhere, anytime
Smarter
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