Last month, according to New Scientist, a Dutch research organization "demonstrated a new type of wireless body network" whose system converts "ultra-low-power electrocardiogram sensors into wireless nodes," permitting the transmission of "physiological data to a hub." The article is entitled "Body organs can send status updates on your cell phone."
Soon, our hearts will have their "very own IP addresses."
It may be--and I do mean this sincerely--that, in the short or long terms, the benefits of humanity's steady transformation into cyborgs will ultimately outweigh their costs. It may also be that future historians (if there are any) will look back at Ted Kaczynski and conclude that the rest of us were crazy.
For the moment, I reserve judgement.
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