We are often told how brand-new technology is changing humanity, but we rarely hear enough about how it is impacting individual humans. In December 2020 I joined a unique club of individuals who have been fitted with a 3D-printed bionic arm. The robotic arm is designed and manufactured by Bristol-based Open Bionics and mine was funded by Tej Kohli and the Tej Kohli Foundation, who have a mission to use technology to improve the lives of young people all over the world.
Prominent technologists like Elon Musk and Yuval Noah Harari have popularised the idea that human-robot augmentation is the next frontier in human evolution and evangelise the notion that it will elevate us beyond humans to become ‘super humans’. But what these predictions overlook is the way that human-robot bionics do not just augment physical abilities, but they can also elevate a user by giving them a platform to ‘change the conversation’.
Source: https://www.cityam.com/technology-on-stage-how-becoming-bionic-will-boost-my-acting-career/