Jin's EDC blog » normalising https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling Just another Education and digital culture 2015 site Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:39:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 The real cyborgs: forget wearable tech, these people are implanting technology in to their bodies and brains https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/17/the-real-cyborgs-forget-wearable-tech-these-people-are-implanting-technology-in-to-their-bodies-and-brains-httpt-coh3zqux5ak7-mscedc/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/17/the-real-cyborgs-forget-wearable-tech-these-people-are-implanting-technology-in-to-their-bodies-and-brains-httpt-coh3zqux5ak7-mscedc/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:26:50 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/?p=141 The real cyborgs: forget wearable tech, these people are implanting technology in to their bodies and brains http://t.co/h3ZqUX5Ak7 #mscedc

]]> https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/17/the-real-cyborgs-forget-wearable-tech-these-people-are-implanting-technology-in-to-their-bodies-and-brains-httpt-coh3zqux5ak7-mscedc/feed/ 0 Human-machine relationships https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/14/human-machine-relationships/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/14/human-machine-relationships/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:59:28 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/?p=109 human-machine relationships can be characterised in a number of ways which relate to the function that the technology performs (Gray et al., 1995):

  • Restorative Tools or machines that restore lost functions or limbs. Artificial hearts and prosthetic limbs are examples.
  • Normalising Technologies that return existing limbs or organs to normality, such as hearing aids, spectacles, pacemakers or reconstructive surgery.
  • Enhancing Technologies that improve human performance, such as night vision goggles, forklifts or communication technologies.
  • Reconfiguring Technologies that create differences, but do not enhance human bodies, such as cosmetic breast implants, collagen injections, tattooing and body modification.

From: Miller, V. (2011) The Body and Information Technology. In: Understanding digital culture. London: Sage. pp. pp. 207–223.

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