Chorost, Michael

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22nd century

Submitted by khenkes on Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:03

The pilot episode of a series dealing with dramatic changes being made by scientific and technological research being conducted in laboratories across the globe today. Examines a theory that suggests in the coming decades all of our brains will be wired together just as computers were wired together via the World Wide Web during the 1990s. Also looks at how cochlear implants allow the brain to receive impulses from a stimulator so that deaf people can understand speech.

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how becoming part computer made me more human
  • Chorost, Michael
2005
Presents the author's first-hand account of having his hearing restored by having a computer chip surgically implanted in his brain, and includes insights into how his body changed, as well as the future of technology, cyborgs, and humans in the machine age.
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