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Commentary
Nature 457, 1080-1081 (26 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/4571080a; Published online 25 February 2009
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Man, machine and in between
See associated Correspondence: Blanke & Aspell, Nature 458, 703 (April 2009)
Jens Clausen1
- Jens Clausen is at the Institute of Ethics and History in Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Email: jens.clausen@uni-tuebingen.de
Abstract
Brain-implantable devices have a promising future. Key safety issues must be resolved, but the ethics of this new technology present few totally new challenges, says Jens Clausen.
We are so surrounded by gadgetry that it is sometimes hard to tell where devices end and people begin. From computers and scanners to multifarious mobile devices, an increasing number of humans spend much of their conscious lives interacting with the world through electronics, the only barrier between brain and machine being the senses — sight, sound and touch — through which humans and devices interface.
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