Enhancing me [[electronic resource] ] : the hope and the hype of human enhancement / / Pete Moore

• Autore: Moore Pete <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley/Dana Centre, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.29
• Soggetto topico: Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects; Human body - Forecasting; Genetic engineering; Medical technology - Social aspects; Medical technology
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Enhancing Me: The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement; Contents; Introduction; I: Longer Than Life; 1: Techno Fixes; 2: Maintain and Repair; 3: Uploading; II: Brighter Than Life; 4: Let's Stretch; 5: In Touch with the Brain; 6: Maxing Memory; III: BETTER THAN LIFE; 7: Conformity in Enhancement; 8: Adding Technology; 9: Better and Beyond; IV: FASTER THAN LIFE; 10: Restoring Function; 11: Doping - Drugs and Genes; 12: Sporting Superhumans; V: HYPE OR HOPE?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Science is developing more and more potential for human beings to enhance themselves. The pace of change is rapid, and some people are already warning that we are heading for a post-human future populated by ever-lasting, self-sustaining intelligence systems into which the contents of a human mind have been poured... Is this true? In Enhancing Me, Pete Moore examines the ways in which technology can change our bodies, our brains, our emotions, and how long we live. He talks to people who have actually been 'enhanced' to find out what it's like and how beneficial it is; and to the experts to
• Titolo autorizzato: Enhancing me
• ISBN: 1-282-34265-7; 9786612342653; 0-470-69999-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825066003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Science Museum TechKnow Series