Dr. Steve Mann is a leading researcher bin the field of cyborgs and has been working on humans interacting with computers. In fact, it has been a long term dream of many to have wearable computers that allow you to combine the efficiency of computers with the reasoning of human beings. Wearable computers shall have an ‘always on’ facility and could be like a natural part of the body.

This would mean, the mini computer might be embedded inside the human body and this could help the wearer have a sort of sixth sense. These are not like smart phones that need to be carried but the wearable computer would be worn inside the body; that is, it would almost be like an organ within the body.

These computers have applications in smart clothing, military, product testing and many other fields but wearable computers are a more developed version of wearable technology. I would be interested to know how this field develops and if it can ever be commercialized. That also makes us come face to face with the ethical question of humans turning into cyborgs.

Via: DesignBoom