• DocumentCode
    767151
  • Title

    Our posthuman lingo

  • Author

    McFedries, Paul

  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Abstract
    The English language is preparing for a radical revision of what we call human following the developments in biomedical engineering such as: the possibility of torso fat and rib bones rejiggered to form angel-like alar appendages; cochlear implants enabling some deaf people to hear and which may soon be used to enhance normal hearing; and an arm implanted with a chip that communicated via RF with sensors scattered around the building enabling doors to open and lights to turn on automatically whenever the subject approached. The author describes the meanings of words used to describe these areas such as: cyborg, neomorph, homomorph and ultrahumans amongst others.
  • Keywords
    biocybernetics; natural languages; nomenclature; biomedical engineering; posthuman language; Auditory system; Biomedical engineering; Bones; Cochlear implants; Deafness; Humans; Natural languages; Posthuman; Radio frequency; Torso;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1222049
  • Filename
    1222049