Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self
The opportunities for wearable technologies go well beyond always-available information displays or health sensing devices. The concept of the cyborg introduced by Clynes and Kline, along with works in various fields of research and the arts, offers a vision of what technology integrated with the bo...
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| author | Leigh, Sang-won Sareen, Harpreet Singh Kao, Cindy Hsin-Liu Liu, Xin Maes, Pattie |
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| description | The opportunities for wearable technologies go well beyond always-available information displays or health sensing devices. The concept of the cyborg introduced by Clynes and Kline, along with works in various fields of research and the arts, offers a vision of what technology integrated with the body can offer. This paper identifies different categories of research aimed at augmenting humans. The paper specifically focuses on three areas of augmentation of the human body and its sensorimotor capabilities: physical morphology, skin display, and somatosensory extension. We discuss how such digital extensions relate to the malleable nature of our self-image. We argue that body-borne devices are no longer simply functional apparatus, but offer a direct interplay with the mind. Finally, we also showcase some of our own projects in this area and shed light on future challenges. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1097212022-09-30T23:18:36Z Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self Leigh, Sang-won Sareen, Harpreet Singh Kao, Cindy Hsin-Liu Liu, Xin Maes, Pattie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory Leigh, Sang-won Sareen, Harpreet Singh Kao, Cindy Hsin-Liu Liu, Xin Maes, Pattie The opportunities for wearable technologies go well beyond always-available information displays or health sensing devices. The concept of the cyborg introduced by Clynes and Kline, along with works in various fields of research and the arts, offers a vision of what technology integrated with the body can offer. This paper identifies different categories of research aimed at augmenting humans. The paper specifically focuses on three areas of augmentation of the human body and its sensorimotor capabilities: physical morphology, skin display, and somatosensory extension. We discuss how such digital extensions relate to the malleable nature of our self-image. We argue that body-borne devices are no longer simply functional apparatus, but offer a direct interplay with the mind. Finally, we also showcase some of our own projects in this area and shed light on future challenges. 2017-06-07T20:02:38Z 2017-06-07T20:02:38Z 2017-03 2016-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2073-431X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109721 Leigh, Sang-won; Sareen, Harpreet; Kao, Hsin-Liu; Liu, Xin and Maes, Pattie. “Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self.” Computers 6, no. 1 (March 2017): 12 © 2017 Authors https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-5175 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-4170 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computers6010012 Computers Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf MDPI AG MDPI |
| spellingShingle | Leigh, Sang-won Sareen, Harpreet Singh Kao, Cindy Hsin-Liu Liu, Xin Maes, Pattie Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title | Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title_full | Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title_fullStr | Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title_full_unstemmed | Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title_short | Body-Borne Computers as Extensions of Self |
| title_sort | body borne computers as extensions of self |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109721 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-5175 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-4170 |
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