Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance
Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science
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Author
Contributions
- Bainbridge, William Sims - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Language
English
Word Count
116,750 words, Guess
Page Count
467 pages
Physical Format
Electronic resource
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveconvergingtechno00roco
- ISBN-109048162793
- ISBN-109401703590
- ISBN-139789048162796
- ISBN-139789401703598
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number851374553
- Better World Books9789048162796
- Better World Books9789401703598
- Open LibraryOL27027330M
Classifications
- DDC620.115
- LCCT174.7
- LCCTA418.9.N35
Description
This book describes the vast opportunity created by unifying science and integrating technology, and recommends transforming ideas for individuals and society. We stand at the threshold of a new renaissance in knowledge based on the structure and behavior of matter from the nanoscale up to the most complex system yet discovered, the human brain. Unification of science based on unity in nature and its holistic investigation will lead to technological convergence and a more efficient societal structure for reaching human goals. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, concentrated effort can bring together nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and new humane technologies based in cognitive science. With proper attention to ethical issues and societal needs, rapid advances in convergent technologies have the potential to enhance both human performance and productivity. Examples of payoffs will include improving work efficiency and learning, enhancing individual sensory and cognitive capabilities, revolutionary changes in healthcare, improving both individual and group efficiency, highly effective communication techniques including brain to brain interaction, perfecting human-machine interfaces, enhancing human capabilities for defense purposes, reaching sustainable development using NBIC tools, and ameliorating the physical and cognitive decline that is common to the aging mind. This is the first book addressing the convergence of technologies in coherence with social sciences, with a focus on people. Science and technology will increasingly dominate the world, as population, resource exploitation, and potential social conflict grow. Therefore, the success of this convergent technologies priority area is seen as crucial to the future of humanity.
Other Editions
- Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science
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