Comments on: we’re wired to augment our world and our selves http://www.lightninglaboratories.com/tcw/2009/12/were-wired-to-augment-our-world-and-our-selves/ a service of Lightning Laboratories Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gene http://www.lightninglaboratories.com/tcw/2009/12/were-wired-to-augment-our-world-and-our-selves/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Gene Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:50:42 +0000 http://www.lightninglaboratories.com/tcw/?p=694#comment-69 Joe, I guess the urge to "extend our senses" has been one of the key drivers of scientific and technological development for several centuries. The combination of the physical sciences, traditional turf of sensors and measurement tools, with distributed computation and communication is going to foster some pretty interesting stuff over the next several years. And yes, I love Quinn's first person experiential reporting from the front lines of hacking the sensorium. I wonder where she will draw the line... Joe, I guess the urge to “extend our senses” has been one of the key drivers of scientific and technological development for several centuries. The combination of the physical sciences, traditional turf of sensors and measurement tools, with distributed computation and communication is going to foster some pretty interesting stuff over the next several years.

And yes, I love Quinn’s first person experiential reporting from the front lines of hacking the sensorium. I wonder where she will draw the line…

]]> By: Joe McCarthy http://www.lightninglaboratories.com/tcw/2009/12/were-wired-to-augment-our-world-and-our-selves/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Joe McCarthy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:17:09 +0000 http://www.lightninglaboratories.com/tcw/?p=694#comment-67 Interesting to think about augmented reality as a natural evolutionary step. Your references to "augmenting our selves" reminded me of some extreme examples of what might be called "augmented corporeality" that I saw - and blogged about - at <a href="http://gumption.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/etech_2007_part.html" rel="nofollow">ETech 2007</a>: Quinn Norton shared some examples of – and insights into – body hacking, which she defined as "acting on yourself, with or without assistance, to enhance the function of your body or your perceptions", and in keeping with other forms of hacking, noted that body hacking is [simply?] another form of volition: the freedom to enact your will upon a system. Interesting to think about augmented reality as a natural evolutionary step. Your references to “augmenting our selves” reminded me of some extreme examples of what might be called “augmented corporeality” that I saw – and blogged about – at ETech 2007:

Quinn Norton shared some examples of – and insights into – body hacking, which she defined as “acting on yourself, with or without assistance, to enhance the function of your body or your perceptions”, and in keeping with other forms of hacking, noted that body hacking is [simply?] another form of volition: the freedom to enact your will upon a system.

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