Research anthology on emerging technologies and ethical implications in human enhancement /

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Imprint:Hershey, PA : IGI Global, Medical Information Science Reference, [2021]
Description:1 online resource ( xviii, 791 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Critical explorations
Critical explorations (IGI Global)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12538926
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ISBN:9781799881032
1799881032
9781799880509
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 26, 2021).
Other form:Print version: Research anthology on emerging technologies and ethical implications in human enhancement Hershey, PA : Medical Information Science Reference, [2021] 9781799880509
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Tailoring Humans: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering
  • 2. Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies
  • 3. The Narratives of Neuroscience in Fiction as Propaganda Warfare
  • 4. The Techoethical Ethos of Technic Self-Determination: Technological Determinism as the Ontic Fundament of Freewill
  • 5. According to Zoltan Istvan: Transhumanism and Future
  • 6. Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?
  • 7. Ethical Issues in Transhumanism
  • 8. Surgeon, Media, Society, Patient: Four Factors in Determining the Ethics of Cosmetic Surgery
  • 9. Active Assistive Orthotic System: (Exoskeleton) Enhancing Movement
  • 10. Industrial Exoskeletons With Gravity Compensation Elements
  • 11. Modeling a Predictive Control of Human Locomotion Based on the Dynamic Behavior
  • 12. Investigation of Human Locomotion With a Powered Lower Limb Exoskeleton
  • 13. Cable-Driven Robots in Physical Rehabilitation: From Theory to Practice
  • 14. Design of a Contact Assistive Robot for the Disabled, Elderly, and Infirm People: Case for Developing Countries
  • 15. SMoBAICS: The Smart Modular Biosignal Acquisition and Identification System for Prosthesis Control and Rehabilitation Monitoring
  • 16. Biomechanical Study of Lumbar Spine (L2-L4) Using Hybrid Stabilization Device - A Finite Element Analysis
  • 17. Development of an Affordable Myoelectric Hand for Transradial Amputees
  • 18. A Brief History of Prosthetics and Orthotics of the Lower Body and Their Types
  • 19. Design of a Prosthetic Ankle Complex: A Study in Biomimetic System Design
  • 20. What Is It Like to Be a Cyborg?
  • 21. Exocortex as a Learning Technology
  • 22. Bioresorbable Composites and Implant
  • 23. Wireless Power Transfer to Implantable Medical Devices With Multi-Layer Planar Spiral Coils
  • 24. Design of Prosthetic Heart Valve and Application of Additive Manufacturing
  • 25. Design of a Prototype for Vision Prosthesis
  • 26. Biomechanical Properties of Orthopedic and Dental Implants: A Comprehensive Review
  • 27. Micromotion Analysis of a Dental Implant System
  • 28. Priortizing Barriers of Dental Implants for Patients Attending OPD
  • 29. Dental Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Trabecular Bone Quality Analysis in Maxilla and Mandible
  • 30. The Cochlear Implant as an Epistemic Thing: Translations of a Technical Object in Social and Scientific Contexts
  • 31. Self-Determination Calibration for Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation
  • 32. Empowering Cochlear Implant Users in Their Home Environment by eHealth Solutions
  • 33. Biomedical Nanotechnology: Why "Nano"?
  • 34. Magnetic Nano-Systems in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications
  • 35. 3D Printing in Healthcare: Opportunities, Benefits, Barriers, and Facilitators
  • 36. Importance of 3D Printing Technology in Medical Fields
  • 37. Scaffolds and Tissue Engineering Applications by 3D Bio-Printing Process: A New Approach
  • 38. Enhanced Cellular Activity on Conducting Polymer: Chitosan Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Application
  • 39. 3D Printing Analysis by Powder Bed Printer (PBP) of a Thoracic Aorta Under Simufact Additive