04 July 2010

H2.0 ~ Humanizing Technology, Making Us++

I've been thinking a lot lately about personalized health and wellness, the role of assistive medical devices, and emergent disciplines such as neuroengineering and synthetic biology. Such tranformative technologies for enabling the so-called "disabled" -- and indeed any of us -- are central to the MIT Media Lab's H2.0 activities...
"...focused on ushering in a new era in human adaptability -- an era where technology will merge with our bodies and our minds to forever change our concept of human capability."
There were several delightful provocations at the kickoff symposium as you can see in this LabCast...

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