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I, Cyborg
 
 
I, Cyborg (Hardcover)
by Kevin Warwick (Author)
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On 14th March this year, Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University will have a computer chip surgically inserted into his nervous system and then a week or so later, when the safety of this operation has been ascertained, a similar chip will be inserted into his wife. Both will be linked to a computer. A key part of the experiment involves the hope that emotions and experiences – such as intoxication, anger, lust – will be read in terms of patterns of nervous excitement from the chip into the computer and recorded, then beamed back into the chip so that these feelings can be re-experienced. When two people have chips will their experiences be communicable? If one feels desire in New York, will the other be able to feel it in London? In this incredibly exciting and potentially ground-breaking experiment, by making practical direct mind-to-mind communication, as well as direct mind-to-computer communication, Kevin Warwick will be changing forever just what it means to be human.

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This title records what happened when, in February 2002, the author and then his wife had computer chips placed into their nervous systems, linked to a computer. Can their emotions and experiences be read and recorded and beamed back into the chips so that feelings can be re-experienced?

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20 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Self Serving., 30 Dec 2002
By Matthew N Palmer (London, London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This book says very little of any consequence about the technology or the social dimensions of this intriguing subject (human - machine direct interfacing), but rather spends most of the time on how Mr. Warwick managed the media and publicity machine that accompanied his recent cyborg experiments.

His comments on being continuously spied upon by a Big Brother system are naive beyond belief (It's OK, because we'd use it for nice things rather than nasty things) - no serious discussion of how these technologies impact on privacy, or of other technologies with which they could be combined to ensure anonymity and privacy, such as cryptosystems, zero knowledge proofs, etc. etc.

The technology itself is barely described, and no framework is developed for thinking about the cyborgisation (if that's the correct word to use) of humanity, either as it stands right now or how it may develop into the future.

An ultimately unsatisfying, self serving, and disappointing book from someone who is living at the frontier of this technology. A missed opportunity.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time or money, 5 Feb 2004
I wish I could give this book no stars. As a programmer I was hoping this book would tell me what the current state of play is within the field of robotics.

Could someone please tell me what is so wonderful about transmitting muscle signals across the internet as opposed to sending them across a LAN? After all, the signals are just IP packets. Did he do it just for the publicity/money? I believe that's the justification Kevin Warwick would give. He talks a lot about the funds he's obtaining for his 'research'. I realise I'm just a humble techy and I may misunderstand his motives but I wonder how research consisting of attaching a chip to a nerve in your arm compares to creating the relational model (Codd) or teasing out the information contained within DNA sequences. The chip in the arm stunt may give joe public a buzz and make the front page of the Sun, but class it as research/pushing forward the frontiers of science? I think not.

If I decide to study for a PhD I certainly won't be applying to any departments headed by Kevin Warwick.

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