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Humans are augmenting their bodies with biohacks; chips and other devices inserted under the skin that give new functionality to the individual. These range from simple chip insertions that allow an employee to enter an office building without having to remember to bring their security badge, to sex toys that implant vibrators into the pelvis. From simple magnets implanted under the skin to Tesla CEO Elon Musk raising $27 million for Neuralink Corp to develop brain-computer interfaces; humans are just starting to scratch the surface of hacking our bodies to add more functionality to our everyday lives. The following video is of Moon Ribas; a dancer with implants that allow her to feel earthquakes from around the world.
Digiwell is one of a handful of companies offering similar services, and biohacking advocates estimate there are about 100,000 cyborgs worldwide. "The question isn't 'Do you have a microchip?' Kramer says. "It's more like, 'How many?' We've entered the mainstream." Biohacking raises a host of ethical issues, particularly about data protection and cybersecurity as virtually every tech gadget risks being hacked or manipulated. And implants can even become cyberweapons, with the potential to send malicious links to others. "You can switch off and put away an infected smartphone, but you can't do that with an implant," says Friedemann Ebelt, an activist with Digitalcourage, a German data privacy and internet rights group.
Digiwell is one of a handful of companies offering similar services, and biohacking advocates estimate there are about 100,000 cyborgs worldwide. "The question isn't 'Do you have a microchip?' Kramer says. "It's more like, 'How many?' We've entered the mainstream." Biohacking raises a host of ethical issues, particularly about data protection and cybersecurity as virtually every tech gadget risks being hacked or manipulated. And implants can even become cyberweapons, with the potential to send malicious links to others. "You can switch off and put away an infected smartphone, but you can't do that with an implant," says Friedemann Ebelt, an activist with Digitalcourage, a German data privacy and internet rights group.