Cyber Crime Investigator's Field Guide, 3rd Edition

Chapter 13 Transhumanism, robotics, and medical devices

DOI: 10.1201/9781003134817-13

Over the past 15 years or so, astounding technical progress has propelled humanity in the direction of a far-reaching transformation that has the capacity, in this decade, to redefine in unusual ways just what it means to be a human. From the news you hear on a regular basis about all the hardware (both mechanical and electronic) that now goes into humans, whether it be a new leg, a new arm, a pacemaker for the heart, new body organs grown from cells or transplanted, and the list goes on. Growing at nearly an exponential rate globally, this scientific program is currently known as transhumanism. Countries and regions around the world are in a race with the ...