On more than one occasion, people have tried to rip off his antenna,
We should respect people who get implants and not discriminate them.
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- Apr 2020
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Moon Ribas. Ribas has an electronic device in her arm that she said vibrates when there is an earthquake anywhere in the world.
I don't see why having an implant is so much better than a device that does the same thing?
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Neil Harbisson, a colorblind artist from Barcelona who persuaded a doctor to implant a camera in the back of his head. The antenna, as he calls it, essentially lets Harbisson listen to colors by detecting the dominant color in front of him and translating it into musical notes.
I think that wanting to see all of the colors is fine and even making something that allows you to detect them is fine, but I don't see the benefit to implanting it into your body.
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technology moves too fast and outpaces accepted social boundaries — not to mention laws.
This is why we need to slow down and think about the ethics before we go to far and can't stop.
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'My eye is totally fine, but I want an eye that can see infrared. And I want an eye that can zoom,' " Graafstra said.
Improvements that this can make privacy a thing of a past if people can zoom in on you and watch you as you go throughout your day.
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They believe technology has reached a point where it can improve the human body instead of just fixing what's broken.
We need to slow down and think about the ethics of what we are doing. If we try to pursue this idea of perfection without thinking of the consequences we will take it too far.
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She wondered about Graafstra's credentials. She thought this was a medical procedure, so should he be performing it?
If people feel that they need to get an implant the person implanting it should be certified just like anyone who preforms medical procedures.
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The implantable RFID chips hold encrypted information, and their unique ID numbers can be used to open doors or unlock the owner's smartphone, which is what Butt wanted to do.
I think that inventing things to make life easier is good, but I just never thought that it was that hard to unlock my phone or unlock and open the door to my house.
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