The ability of computers to enhance and augment both mental and physical abilities and potential is no longer the exclusive territory of science fiction writers. It is becoming a reality. Brain Computer Interface technology will help define the potential of the human race. It holds the promise of bringing sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and the return of normal functionality to the physically impaired. A miracle? Hardly. But perhaps the next closest thing.
Posted on December 28 2009 at 05:13 PM
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Clearly, the resources do not exist for everybody to take advantage of this emerging technology. Whether the objective is restoration or augmentation of normal functionality, there will be those left behind solely due to lack of means. On the augmentation side, to the extent these enhancements benefit mental capacity, issues arise as to whether a new and ominous form of class distinction is in the making. Exceptional intelligence is nothing new, but BCI used to augment mental capacity runs the risk of creating an unbridgeable thinking divide.
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