WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.601 --> 00:00:03.510 (dramatic music) 2 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:03.510 --> 00:00:04.860 Never was the relationship 4 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:08.440 between humans and technology so close. 5 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:08.440 --> 00:00:11.890 But for cyborgs, it's not close enough. 7 00:00:11.890 --> 00:00:14.853 They merge their bodies with technology. 8 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:18.960 I'm a cyborg, so I've created a new sense 9 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.210 and a new organ and I've designed my perception of reality. 10 00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:23.580 I have an implant here 11 00:00:23.580 --> 00:00:27.023 and I use my implants on a daily basis. 12 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:30.650 Without it being medically necessary, 13 00:00:30.650 --> 00:00:33.740 cyborgs inject magnets into their fingers, 14 00:00:33.740 --> 00:00:35.940 plant chips under their skin. 15 00:00:35.940 --> 00:00:38.240 They implant technology. 16 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:39.730 (speaking in foreign language) 17 00:00:39.730 --> 00:00:41.850 We're not simply loonies with crazy ideas, 18 00:00:41.850 --> 00:00:44.250 we're people who are trying to shape the future. 19 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.860 Now we do like 100 a month maybe. 20 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:52.340 So the exponential growth is catching on, 21 00:00:52.340 --> 00:00:56.500 so as soon as there's 100,000 users, 22 00:00:56.500 --> 00:00:59.570 we're going to have 200K, 400K, 800K, 23 00:00:59.570 --> 00:01:01.683 2 million, 8 million, 16 million. 24 00:01:02.890 --> 00:01:04.500 Will it be normal in the future 25 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:08.493 to upgrade our bodies or are we already there? 26 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:17.150 If your mobile phone is running out of battery, 27 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:19.050 many people say "I'm running out of battery." 28 00:01:19.050 --> 00:01:22.300 This is a clear sign of using or talking about technology 29 00:01:22.300 --> 00:01:25.790 in first person as if you are already technology. 30 00:01:25.790 --> 00:01:27.472 Yeah, if someone offers me 31 00:01:27.472 --> 00:01:32.130 to get a new hand instead of this one but just stronger 32 00:01:32.130 --> 00:01:35.770 and better and more efficient and more precise, 33 00:01:35.770 --> 00:01:38.163 then I would be absolutely willing to do this. 34 00:01:41.073 --> 00:01:41.960 (man speaking in foreign language) 35 00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:43.570 When people say I'm a cyborg 36 00:01:43.570 --> 00:01:46.370 and that implies that I can do things that you can't do, 37 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:50.850 it's the opposite of removing boundaries. 38 00:01:50.850 --> 00:01:52.733 It's creating new boundaries. 39 00:01:55.494 --> 00:01:58.244 (dramatic music) 40 00:02:12.070 --> 00:02:14.520 Neil Harbisson is, as he says, 41 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.103 the world's first officially recognized cyborg. 42 00:02:18.970 --> 00:02:21.830 The composer has been color blind since birth. 43 00:02:21.830 --> 00:02:23.813 He sees the world in shades of gray. 44 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:30.310 So each color has its own light frequency 45 00:02:30.310 --> 00:02:32.130 which corresponds to a sound frequency 46 00:02:32.130 --> 00:02:33.190 and so the antenna allows me 47 00:02:33.190 --> 00:02:35.430 to hear the sound of each color. 48 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:37.660 This is F, this is A. 49 00:02:37.660 --> 00:02:40.570 So each color has its own note, 50 00:02:40.570 --> 00:02:43.510 so when I put colors on a piece of paper, 51 00:02:43.510 --> 00:02:45.903 to me it's like putting music on paper. 52 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:49.270 In 2004, 53 00:02:49.270 --> 00:02:52.150 Neil Harbisson had the antenna implanted 54 00:02:52.150 --> 00:02:54.120 by an anonymous surgeon. 55 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.420 It contains a sensor that recognizes color frequencies 56 00:02:57.420 --> 00:03:00.600 and transmits them to a chip in the back of his head. 57 00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:03.453 This chip turns them into audio signals. 58 00:03:05.053 --> 00:03:07.220 (humming) 59 00:03:08.070 --> 00:03:12.570 So it's F, G, F, G, F, A. 60 00:03:12.570 --> 00:03:16.040 I'm just improvising, it's a bit like jazz now, 61 00:03:16.040 --> 00:03:18.063 just playing different notes. 62 00:03:22.846 --> 00:03:23.679 At the beginning, 63 00:03:23.679 --> 00:03:25.907 it was overwhelming hearing so many colors. 64 00:03:25.907 --> 00:03:27.760 I need some time of adaptation. 65 00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:30.090 The brain will need to adapt to the new input 66 00:03:30.090 --> 00:03:33.910 until it becomes like any other sense or preexisting sense. 67 00:03:33.910 --> 00:03:36.050 And then when it becomes normal, 68 00:03:36.050 --> 00:03:38.070 you feel the need to extend it again. 69 00:03:38.070 --> 00:03:40.430 So that's exactly is what happened to me, 70 00:03:40.430 --> 00:03:43.522 that when I was able to hear all the colors visual, 71 00:03:43.522 --> 00:03:46.240 I felt it was a repetition all the time, 72 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.310 so that's why I added infrareds and ultraviolets. 73 00:03:49.310 --> 00:03:52.830 In this way, Harbisson can also hear sun rays, 74 00:03:52.830 --> 00:03:57.830 motion detectors, remote controls, and antitheft devices. 75 00:03:58.310 --> 00:04:01.573 But is that desirable 24 hours a day? 76 00:04:03.660 --> 00:04:07.090 So the antenna is always on, there's no switch. 77 00:04:07.090 --> 00:04:09.170 At night, when I turn off the lights, 78 00:04:09.170 --> 00:04:11.050 there's usually no color so there's silence 79 00:04:11.050 --> 00:04:14.620 but the internet is on so people can still send colors 80 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:16.170 to my head while I'm asleep. 81 00:04:16.170 --> 00:04:20.003 So if this happens, they can color my dreams. 82 00:04:21.170 --> 00:04:22.580 It's a strange choice 83 00:04:22.580 --> 00:04:24.980 which often creates problems. 84 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:27.010 Harbisson fought with the British authorities 85 00:04:27.010 --> 00:04:28.730 for a long time before he was allowed 86 00:04:28.730 --> 00:04:31.113 to include the antenna in his passport. 87 00:04:36.750 --> 00:04:37.600 Well, the biggest struggle 88 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.170 of being a cyborg is society. 89 00:04:40.170 --> 00:04:44.160 It's people who are not tolerant to one's decision. 90 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:44.993 It's hard. 91 00:04:44.993 --> 00:04:47.220 Sometimes it is also people who really think 92 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:50.840 that we are against nature and against humans 93 00:04:50.840 --> 00:04:52.083 and against God. 94 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:56.150 But Harbisson also has allies, 95 00:04:56.150 --> 00:04:57.733 some of them in Germany. 96 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:02.570 In Berlin, there is a community of people 97 00:05:02.570 --> 00:05:07.570 that are very enthusiastic about cyborgism. 98 00:05:09.770 --> 00:05:11.490 Maybe not so artistically, 99 00:05:11.490 --> 00:05:14.363 but in Berlin, it's more of a social thing. 100 00:05:17.150 --> 00:05:18.680 Cyborgs view themselves 101 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:21.093 as forerunners of a growing movement. 102 00:05:26.350 --> 00:05:30.563 Oliver Waack-Jurgensen belongs to the Berlin Cyborg Society. 103 00:05:32.320 --> 00:05:34.113 Cyborgs need vitamins too. 104 00:05:36.760 --> 00:05:38.610 Waack-Jurgensen is a chocolate maker 105 00:05:38.610 --> 00:05:40.390 and a member of the Pirate party 106 00:05:40.390 --> 00:05:44.033 and he intends to turn himself into a cyborg. 107 00:05:52.028 --> 00:05:52.861 (Oliver speaking in foreign language) 108 00:05:52.861 --> 00:05:54.190 It takes a bit of practice. 109 00:05:54.190 --> 00:05:57.060 It's easier to make this bread than most people think. 110 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:58.620 We've been making most of our own bread 111 00:05:58.620 --> 00:05:59.943 for four or five years. 112 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:04.630 Waack-Jurgensen lives together with his partner 113 00:06:04.630 --> 00:06:06.210 and their children. 114 00:06:06.210 --> 00:06:09.030 The past few years have been hard. 115 00:06:09.030 --> 00:06:11.300 Waack-Jurgensen suffers from arthritis. 116 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:15.620 He already has two artificial knees and an artificial hip. 117 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:18.140 And although he's just managing to walk again, 118 00:06:18.140 --> 00:06:20.410 it will soon be time for another hip. 119 00:06:20.410 --> 00:06:22.433 He wants to upgrade this one. 120 00:06:31.154 --> 00:06:32.754 (speaking in foreign language) 121 00:06:32.754 --> 00:06:34.240 All the things you can do with a hip like that. 122 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.240 Of course biomonitoring is no problem. 123 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.730 The bloodstream and the neutral stimuli provide 124 00:06:38.730 --> 00:06:39.700 a lot of information. 125 00:06:39.700 --> 00:06:41.460 And then of course the little gimmicks 126 00:06:41.460 --> 00:06:44.390 like this mobile wifi router. 127 00:06:44.390 --> 00:06:45.880 Or I have a smartphone in my pocket 128 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:49.070 next to the artificial hip and it gets charged when I move 129 00:06:49.070 --> 00:06:50.520 or from the heat of my blood. 130 00:06:55.070 --> 00:06:56.930 Just don't get something healthy removed 131 00:06:56.930 --> 00:06:58.170 to get something better. 132 00:06:58.170 --> 00:06:59.320 No, of course not. 133 00:06:59.320 --> 00:07:01.020 Nothing's as good as the original. 134 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:03.290 Would you think it cool 135 00:07:03.290 --> 00:07:05.293 if Ollie had a wifi router in his hip? 136 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:10.663 A free radio router with wifi wherever I happen to be, cool. 137 00:07:12.450 --> 00:07:14.670 Then you wouldn't be the rain god, you'd be the wifi god, 138 00:07:14.670 --> 00:07:15.870 but you're that already. 139 00:07:17.650 --> 00:07:19.550 I don't know, nobody would believe me. 140 00:07:20.940 --> 00:07:23.173 How do people get such ideas? 141 00:07:26.340 --> 00:07:27.600 (woman speaking in foreign language) 142 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.310 For as long as I've known him, he's wanted like a little boy 143 00:07:30.310 --> 00:07:33.430 to be connected to the internet like in science fiction. 144 00:07:33.430 --> 00:07:35.883 He's had this idea ever since I've known him. 145 00:07:37.170 --> 00:07:39.990 Anything that's possible that would upgrade his body, 146 00:07:39.990 --> 00:07:41.483 he would do immediately. 147 00:07:46.710 --> 00:07:48.770 When Oliver Waack-Jurgensen received 148 00:07:48.770 --> 00:07:50.820 his three artificial joints, 149 00:07:50.820 --> 00:07:55.010 he associated the operations with pain and feeling old. 150 00:07:55.010 --> 00:07:57.820 It would be different if they built in a wireless charger 151 00:07:57.820 --> 00:07:59.453 for his smartphone, he says. 152 00:08:01.141 --> 00:08:04.290 (Oliver speaking in foreign language) 153 00:08:04.290 --> 00:08:07.993 That would be cool, a form of avant-garde blazing a trail. 154 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.180 It would take a lot of pressure off me. 155 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:13.800 Of course, on the one hand, this is the fourth time, 156 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.940 so I know what to expect. 157 00:08:15.940 --> 00:08:17.830 But if they were going to build in some gimmick, 158 00:08:17.830 --> 00:08:19.030 it would make it easier. 159 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.520 But German law does not permit implants 160 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:26.085 with supplementary functions, 161 00:08:26.085 --> 00:08:28.420 so Waack-Jurgensen has been in direct contact 162 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:31.037 with manufacturers for months. 163 00:08:31.037 --> 00:08:33.270 (Oliver speaking in foreign language) 164 00:08:33.270 --> 00:08:35.770 In Germany, an implant is just an implant, 165 00:08:35.770 --> 00:08:37.050 you don't play with it. 166 00:08:37.050 --> 00:08:38.210 That's the current view. 167 00:08:38.210 --> 00:08:40.210 And of course, it has to be correct. 168 00:08:40.210 --> 00:08:42.380 We want to reach the people who make these decisions 169 00:08:42.380 --> 00:08:44.120 who can also say, wait a minute, 170 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:46.260 here's a gap that needs to be filled. 171 00:08:46.260 --> 00:08:47.980 You need to get your toe in the door 172 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:51.003 and if the manufacturers don't respond, others will. 173 00:08:55.400 --> 00:08:56.950 At some time in the future, 174 00:08:56.950 --> 00:08:59.950 will artificial spare parts be able to do more 175 00:08:59.950 --> 00:09:01.083 than the originals? 176 00:09:01.990 --> 00:09:05.160 This question obsesses Bertolt Meyer. 177 00:09:05.160 --> 00:09:07.820 He was born without the lower half of his left arm 178 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:10.250 and wears an artificial hand, 179 00:09:10.250 --> 00:09:12.743 probably the best that's currently available. 180 00:09:18.254 --> 00:09:20.480 (Bertolt speaking in foreign language) 181 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.000 Basically, the artificial hand can't do anything 182 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.740 that my right hand can't do, with one exception. 183 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:31.400 I can twist the artificial one 360 degrees continuously, 184 00:09:31.400 --> 00:09:32.650 but that's not very practical. 185 00:09:32.650 --> 00:09:34.300 I always say it's my party trick. 186 00:09:38.940 --> 00:09:40.870 But it's also very interesting theoretically 187 00:09:40.870 --> 00:09:43.910 because of course it shows that even an artificial limb, 188 00:09:43.910 --> 00:09:46.770 which in many ways is not as good as the original, 189 00:09:46.770 --> 00:09:50.563 can be better in other areas in very specific abilities. 190 00:09:55.630 --> 00:09:57.760 Bertolt Meyer is a social psychologist 191 00:09:57.760 --> 00:10:00.300 at the Technical University in Chemnitz. 192 00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:03.430 He focuses on people who want artificial body parts 193 00:10:03.430 --> 00:10:05.463 even though they're perfectly healthy. 194 00:10:06.607 --> 00:10:07.850 (Bertolt speaking in foreign language) 195 00:10:07.850 --> 00:10:10.830 I think it's a bit strange when people say, 196 00:10:10.830 --> 00:10:14.440 theoretically I'm ready to replace a healthy body part 197 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:16.080 with an artificial one 198 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.080 because it would make me somehow better. 199 00:10:21.920 --> 00:10:26.920 I think, well, frankly being 100% healthy is a privilege 200 00:10:27.520 --> 00:10:28.933 that I don't have. 201 00:10:30.330 --> 00:10:33.380 So I think perhaps you should be a bit more aware 202 00:10:33.380 --> 00:10:36.283 of what a privilege that is that you enjoy. 203 00:10:39.670 --> 00:10:43.580 Humans are weak, vulnerable, and forgetful. 204 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:45.470 Technology is supposed to liberate them 205 00:10:45.470 --> 00:10:47.860 from nature's limitations. 206 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:50.130 But why take tools in your hands 207 00:10:50.130 --> 00:10:52.130 line:5% when you can carry them inside yourself? 208 00:10:55.490 --> 00:10:58.620 Is this the next logical step to upgrade humans? 209 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:01.293 To become stronger, faster, more perfect? 210 00:11:03.190 --> 00:11:06.280 Is this the end of human weakness 211 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:09.023 or the beginning of the end of humanity? 212 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.650 Patrick Paumen dreams of overcoming the limitations 213 00:11:20.650 --> 00:11:23.150 of his body with technology. 214 00:11:23.150 --> 00:11:24.820 As a small step in this direction, 215 00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:27.683 he inserts micro implants into his body. 216 00:11:33.178 --> 00:11:34.780 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 217 00:11:34.780 --> 00:11:39.079 In December 2010 at the Chaos Communication Congress, 218 00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:41.510 Lepht Anonym gave a lecture 219 00:11:41.510 --> 00:11:43.847 entitled "Cybernetics for the Masses." 220 00:11:44.930 --> 00:11:47.680 He explained how you can perform your own implantations 221 00:11:47.680 --> 00:11:48.903 at very little cost. 222 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:53.663 The lecture mentioned magnet implants and RFID implants. 223 00:11:55.020 --> 00:11:57.690 I became very curious about how magnetic 224 00:11:57.690 --> 00:12:00.920 and electromagnetic fields would feel. 225 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:02.393 Then I decided to do it. 226 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:11.360 Magnet implants don't have much use at the present time. 227 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.240 They vibrate in Patrick Paumen's hand, for instance, 228 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.700 when he approaches an electric cable. 229 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:18.760 But a car manufacturer is researching 230 00:12:18.760 --> 00:12:20.490 whether drivers could be sent signals 231 00:12:20.490 --> 00:12:22.850 via magnetic vibrations, for instance, 232 00:12:22.850 --> 00:12:25.090 in a dangerous situation. 233 00:12:25.090 --> 00:12:28.010 Humans react to tactile feelings more quickly 234 00:12:28.010 --> 00:12:29.643 than to any other sense data. 235 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:39.760 Patrick Paumen lives in Heerlen on the German-Dutch border. 236 00:12:39.760 --> 00:12:43.500 He now has five magnets and six chips in his body. 237 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:45.513 Each chip has its own function. 238 00:12:50.017 --> 00:12:50.850 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 239 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:53.390 I have the advantage that I can never lose my keys 240 00:12:53.390 --> 00:12:55.180 or have them stolen from me. 241 00:12:55.180 --> 00:12:56.623 I can never lock myself out. 242 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.780 It makes life easier. 243 00:13:01.780 --> 00:13:03.320 When my hands are full, I don't have to dig 244 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.730 into my trouser pockets to find my keys 245 00:13:05.730 --> 00:13:07.830 and look which key do I need for the door. 246 00:13:09.250 --> 00:13:12.980 With another chip, Paumen can log on to his computer. 247 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:16.620 The chips operate with a technology known as RFID, 248 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:19.370 Radio Frequency Identification. 249 00:13:19.370 --> 00:13:22.300 It allows data to be transmitted over a short distance 250 00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:23.513 without a battery. 251 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:27.930 Paumen has already ordered another chip. 252 00:13:27.930 --> 00:13:29.650 It apparently has its own apps, 253 00:13:29.650 --> 00:13:33.623 by means of which messages can be encoded and payments made. 254 00:13:34.660 --> 00:13:37.703 So far, Paumen only knows the chip from the internet. 255 00:13:39.611 --> 00:13:40.990 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 256 00:13:40.990 --> 00:13:43.120 Some people have had the idea of making glasses, 257 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.990 lasering eyes, developing hearing implants. 258 00:13:45.990 --> 00:13:46.983 We keep developing. 259 00:13:51.090 --> 00:13:53.410 The aim is to make life simpler. 260 00:13:53.410 --> 00:13:55.093 I only see advantages. 261 00:13:59.550 --> 00:14:02.280 Cyborgs are viewed as eccentrics, 262 00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:04.930 but the industry thinks this is going to change. 263 00:14:04.930 --> 00:14:06.590 Neil Harbisson is often invited 264 00:14:06.590 --> 00:14:08.773 to talk to telecommunications companies. 265 00:14:10.250 --> 00:14:12.410 A sensational presentation here on the stage, 266 00:14:12.410 --> 00:14:14.660 I'm delighted that he's here, Neil Harbisson. 267 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:18.660 (audience applauds) 268 00:14:25.770 --> 00:14:27.460 So what I like doing is sound portraits, 269 00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:29.590 where instead of drawing someone's face, 270 00:14:29.590 --> 00:14:30.557 I get close to someone's face 271 00:14:30.557 --> 00:14:32.090 and I write down the sound of the eyes, 272 00:14:32.090 --> 00:14:33.270 the lips, the skin, and the hair. 273 00:14:33.270 --> 00:14:35.160 The first one I did was of Prince Charles. 274 00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:37.070 I asked him if I could listen to his face 275 00:14:37.070 --> 00:14:40.570 and this was his reaction when i asked him. 276 00:14:40.570 --> 00:14:41.850 Each person sounds different. 277 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:44.163 Judi Dench has silent hair, for example. 278 00:14:45.090 --> 00:14:46.720 Al Gore has different nodes in his eyes, 279 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:48.403 different shades of turquoise. 280 00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:51.450 Steve Reich has a melody in his eyes 281 00:14:51.450 --> 00:14:54.030 because he has like a small pattern. 282 00:14:54.030 --> 00:14:56.010 Moby has one note less, he has no hair, 283 00:14:56.010 --> 00:14:58.610 so he has less sounds. 284 00:14:58.610 --> 00:15:01.593 Woody Allen, like a soft painting, very unsaturated. 285 00:15:03.190 --> 00:15:04.930 Neil Harbisson makes a good living 286 00:15:04.930 --> 00:15:08.760 from his lectures, his cyborg existence. 287 00:15:08.760 --> 00:15:11.500 Is it just clever self promotion 288 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.833 or is he really a social pioneer? 289 00:15:18.150 --> 00:15:20.804 In 20, 30 years, I think it will be strange 290 00:15:20.804 --> 00:15:24.140 not to have an implant of some sort, 291 00:15:24.140 --> 00:15:26.090 in the same way that now it's very common 292 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:30.140 to see people with tattoos and whereas maybe 50 years ago, 293 00:15:30.140 --> 00:15:31.210 it would be really strange. 294 00:15:31.210 --> 00:15:33.960 Now it's very common to modify our skin. 295 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:36.310 It will soon be very common to modify our mind. 296 00:15:46.114 --> 00:15:47.900 But a practical problem for cyborgs is 297 00:15:47.900 --> 00:15:50.320 the implantation itself. 298 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:54.540 Doctors are not permitted to perform non-medical operations, 299 00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:57.820 so Hika Kierkenupp is kept busy. 300 00:15:57.820 --> 00:16:01.390 The piercer turns humans into cyborgs. 301 00:16:01.390 --> 00:16:04.310 Today, it's Lucia Dibla's turn. 302 00:16:04.310 --> 00:16:07.233 She wants to have a magnet implanted in her hand. 303 00:16:11.991 --> 00:16:12.824 (Lucia speaking in foreign language) 304 00:16:12.824 --> 00:16:14.830 Partly curiosity but mainly, in fact, 305 00:16:14.830 --> 00:16:16.223 for professional reasons. 306 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:20.403 I'm a dressmaker and I don't like pincushions. 307 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.333 So a small magnet here on my hand will be very useful. 308 00:16:27.650 --> 00:16:32.330 Cutting your skin for such trifling reasons is surprising 309 00:16:32.330 --> 00:16:34.580 but the piercer, Hika Kierkenupp, 310 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:37.283 hasn't taken the Hippocratic Oath and can help. 311 00:16:40.364 --> 00:16:41.200 (Hika speaking in foreign language) 312 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.410 It's a gray area. 313 00:16:42.410 --> 00:16:44.770 It's okay as long as the patient signs a contract 314 00:16:44.770 --> 00:16:46.293 that she bears all the risks. 315 00:16:48.410 --> 00:16:51.343 And implanting magnets carries considerable risks. 316 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.610 I've sometimes seen magnets 317 00:16:54.610 --> 00:16:57.743 from less reliable firms rust in the body. 318 00:16:58.850 --> 00:17:03.850 They rusted out or they led to allergic reactions. 319 00:17:07.230 --> 00:17:08.330 There's no way of knowing 320 00:17:08.330 --> 00:17:10.500 how the body will react to magnets. 321 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:12.140 It can reject them. 322 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:13.623 Nerves can be damaged. 323 00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:21.816 (speaking in foreign language) 324 00:17:23.185 --> 00:17:25.185 (gasps) 325 00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:35.480 The procedure costs roughly 150 euros 326 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.093 and takes about 10 minutes. 327 00:17:40.309 --> 00:17:41.142 (Lucia speaking in foreign language) 328 00:17:41.142 --> 00:17:44.093 It feels like a pulling sensation, it's pretty strong. 329 00:17:47.450 --> 00:17:49.990 Most people would never dream of implanting magnets 330 00:17:49.990 --> 00:17:52.060 or chips in their bodies, 331 00:17:52.060 --> 00:17:54.363 but Kierkenupp believes that will change. 332 00:17:58.626 --> 00:18:00.890 (Hika speaking in foreign language) 333 00:18:00.890 --> 00:18:02.490 There are now chips in the beta phase 334 00:18:02.490 --> 00:18:04.150 that are more functional. 335 00:18:04.150 --> 00:18:07.960 And I can see that in two, five, maybe 10 years, 336 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.583 much more useful implants will be invented. 337 00:18:15.990 --> 00:18:20.760 Implants like Circadia, which registers heart frequency 338 00:18:20.760 --> 00:18:23.923 and other physical data, but on a smaller scale. 339 00:18:26.793 --> 00:18:29.210 line:5% Circadia is as big as a smartphone. 340 00:18:29.210 --> 00:18:32.963 line:5% An American had it implanted in his arm in 2013. 341 00:18:35.520 --> 00:18:37.750 Hey, everybody, my name is Tim Cannon. 342 00:18:37.750 --> 00:18:39.770 I just became the first man 343 00:18:39.770 --> 00:18:41.830 to implant a device in my body 344 00:18:41.830 --> 00:18:45.363 that was solely for the purpose of enhancing myself. 345 00:18:46.580 --> 00:18:48.390 Circadia can continuously measure 346 00:18:48.390 --> 00:18:51.390 body temperature, pulse, and blood levels, 347 00:18:51.390 --> 00:18:53.363 and transmit the data to a smartphone. 348 00:18:54.550 --> 00:18:57.393 Patrick Paumen is also interested in this implant. 349 00:18:59.589 --> 00:19:02.720 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 350 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.090 I've met Tim. 351 00:19:04.090 --> 00:19:06.620 He didn't have the implant any longer. 352 00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:09.020 From what I see on the internet, it's quite big. 353 00:19:10.670 --> 00:19:13.960 It looks creepy and was dangerous. 354 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:16.700 The batteries in Circadia may have leaked. 355 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:20.120 That's why Tim Cannon had it removed after three months. 356 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:22.920 But he wanted to show what's possible. 357 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.823 Similar implants are available on a smaller scale. 358 00:19:30.150 --> 00:19:31.860 I have an implant in my lower arm 359 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:33.623 which measures my body temperature. 360 00:19:34.590 --> 00:19:36.663 There's a temperature sensor inside. 361 00:19:42.510 --> 00:19:45.053 And I have an RFID device that reads the chip. 362 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:47.490 It displays the serial number 363 00:19:47.490 --> 00:19:49.323 and the temperature in my lower arm. 364 00:19:55.750 --> 00:19:58.610 Unlike thermometers or activity trackers, 365 00:19:58.610 --> 00:20:01.480 these chips gather the data continuously 366 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.020 without you having to think about them. 367 00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:07.750 Eventually, nanorobots could circulate in our bloodstream 368 00:20:07.750 --> 00:20:08.960 and analyze everything. 369 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:11.710 What's good for us, when are we stressed? 370 00:20:11.710 --> 00:20:13.830 We could continuously monitor our health 371 00:20:13.830 --> 00:20:15.973 and detect diseases before they develop. 372 00:20:16.950 --> 00:20:18.690 But do we want that? 373 00:20:18.690 --> 00:20:21.423 Have total surveillance of our bodies? 374 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.860 Patrick Paumen is still waiting for the new chip he ordered. 375 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:35.720 It will enable him to encode data. 376 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.500 He now wants to further develop the chips himself. 377 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.970 He goes to Hackspace, 378 00:20:39.970 --> 00:20:42.940 a meeting point for technology freaks in Heerlen. 379 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:44.563 Paumen founded it himself. 380 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.490 Even at the drinks machine, he only has to scan his chip 381 00:20:57.490 --> 00:20:58.843 and it transmits his data. 382 00:21:06.837 --> 00:21:09.700 Paumen and his friends want to get more and more 383 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:11.023 out of each device. 384 00:21:14.883 --> 00:21:15.716 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 385 00:21:15.716 --> 00:21:19.060 I want to lock and unlock my car without using a key. 386 00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:21.610 If you accidentally feed current into this white wire, 387 00:21:21.610 --> 00:21:22.630 you break the device. 388 00:21:22.630 --> 00:21:23.823 This could go wrong. 389 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:31.390 Paumen has to change the switch of his central lock system 390 00:21:31.390 --> 00:21:33.370 so it can read his chip. 391 00:21:33.370 --> 00:21:36.113 He tinkers with the device for five hours. 392 00:21:42.723 --> 00:21:43.556 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 393 00:21:43.556 --> 00:21:44.389 It's switching now. 394 00:21:45.890 --> 00:21:47.733 But the engine's not working. 395 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.470 The members of Hackerspace believe 396 00:22:05.470 --> 00:22:08.240 that they are helping to shape the future. 397 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:11.040 But making even a little progress costs a lot of effort. 398 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:21.110 A few hours later, Paumen succeeds. 399 00:22:21.110 --> 00:22:24.150 The central locking system can now read his chip. 400 00:22:24.150 --> 00:22:26.223 Now it has to be installed in the car. 401 00:22:38.187 --> 00:22:40.380 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 402 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.213 It's locked. 403 00:22:49.230 --> 00:22:51.283 Great, now I can throw away the keys. 404 00:22:53.390 --> 00:22:56.820 Once again, Paumen has improved his life a little. 405 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.970 Now he just has to wait 406 00:22:57.970 --> 00:22:59.973 for the chip he ordered from the USA. 407 00:23:05.470 --> 00:23:08.400 Oliver Waack-Jurgensen in Berlin is fighting 408 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:10.240 for his cyborg hip. 409 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.680 So far, the implant manufacturers have given him 410 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.370 the cold shoulder. 411 00:23:14.370 --> 00:23:17.270 He's decided to seek the support of his orthopedist, 412 00:23:17.270 --> 00:23:18.533 Dr. Peterhansel. 413 00:23:23.990 --> 00:23:25.800 Would he agree to implant a hip 414 00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:29.090 with which Waack-Jurgensen could charge his mobile 415 00:23:29.090 --> 00:23:31.840 with the energy produced by his movements 416 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:34.403 or one containing a mobile wifi router? 417 00:23:38.201 --> 00:23:42.650 (speaking in foreign language) 418 00:23:42.650 --> 00:23:45.940 Okay, so in the head or in the acetabulum, 419 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:48.040 there would be space for a little gimmick. 420 00:23:49.870 --> 00:23:51.940 Certainly, it could easily be built 421 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.410 into an artificial joint. 422 00:23:53.410 --> 00:23:55.900 You just have to watch out for the radiation exposure. 423 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.557 Of course, that's an ethical issue, right? 424 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.650 Laws and ethics play a role, 425 00:24:04.650 --> 00:24:06.740 but we're not just playing around. 426 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.760 If somebody is going to have an operation like this, 427 00:24:08.760 --> 00:24:11.560 they can think about whether it could be upgraded a bit. 428 00:24:13.476 --> 00:24:14.309 Of course. 429 00:24:15.310 --> 00:24:17.690 The radiation exposure could become a problem 430 00:24:17.690 --> 00:24:19.360 because the radiation has to pass 431 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:21.750 through all the skin layers. 432 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:24.750 There's no empirical evidence available. 433 00:24:24.750 --> 00:24:28.283 But Dr. Peterhansel believes in the future of such implants. 434 00:24:29.873 --> 00:24:30.706 (doctor speaking in foreign language) 435 00:24:30.706 --> 00:24:32.580 I'm very open to ideas like this. 436 00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:33.790 I'd always be in favor, 437 00:24:33.790 --> 00:24:36.550 certainly from the medical point of view, 438 00:24:36.550 --> 00:24:39.393 but also when it's really useful to the patient. 439 00:24:43.590 --> 00:24:47.310 Most physicians are skeptical about cyborg ideas. 440 00:24:47.310 --> 00:24:49.880 It's the first time Waack-Jurgensen has received support 441 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.813 from a doctor. 442 00:24:52.087 --> 00:24:52.920 (Oliver speaking in foreign language) 443 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.710 He has contacts among the manufacturers 444 00:24:54.710 --> 00:24:56.430 and he could help us convince them 445 00:24:56.430 --> 00:24:58.530 that it wouldn't be just a party game 446 00:24:58.530 --> 00:24:59.980 but something for the future. 447 00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:07.250 But where does the compulsion come from 448 00:25:07.250 --> 00:25:08.923 to do such a radical thing? 449 00:25:11.237 --> 00:25:12.910 (Bertolt speaking in foreign language) 450 00:25:12.910 --> 00:25:15.270 Equipping your body with technology is a way 451 00:25:15.270 --> 00:25:18.070 of making it more efficient and appearing more efficient 452 00:25:19.010 --> 00:25:21.513 and perhaps of increasing your own value a bit. 453 00:25:23.530 --> 00:25:24.930 Because of my disability, 454 00:25:24.930 --> 00:25:28.010 my self-esteem is certainly not the best. 455 00:25:28.010 --> 00:25:31.410 And I know the feeling that a bit of complicated technology 456 00:25:31.410 --> 00:25:33.653 can increase your sense of self-worth. 457 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:44.760 Humans become designers of their own bodies. 458 00:25:44.760 --> 00:25:47.000 When everybody immediately knows everything 459 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.850 about everyone else, 460 00:25:48.850 --> 00:25:52.250 when little robots inside us watch over our blood, 461 00:25:52.250 --> 00:25:53.620 and when there's no difference anymore 462 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:58.620 between online and offline, a new human era will start. 463 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:02.400 Will it be like when humans first invented tools 464 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.700 and life became easier, 465 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:08.240 or will it be a competition for the best implant? 466 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.473 What will happen if some people refuse to have them? 467 00:26:10.473 --> 00:26:14.340 Will it produce a division, like between rich and poor, 468 00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:16.513 between upper and lower class? 469 00:26:22.050 --> 00:26:25.820 In Sweden, there's nothing unusual about being a cyborg. 470 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:27.760 A Stockholm media enterprise is holding 471 00:26:27.760 --> 00:26:30.010 an implantation party. 472 00:26:30.010 --> 00:26:32.570 It has invited the artistic crowd. 473 00:26:32.570 --> 00:26:35.123 They can upgrade their bodies at the party. 474 00:26:37.190 --> 00:26:40.260 It was Hannes Sjoblad's idea. 475 00:26:40.260 --> 00:26:43.270 He is the founder of a biohacker group. 476 00:26:43.270 --> 00:26:45.620 Biohackers refuse to accept biology 477 00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:47.670 and the limitations of nature. 478 00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:51.310 They want to upgrade their bodies with technology. 479 00:26:51.310 --> 00:26:55.030 Today, Sjoblad is promoting RFID chips, 480 00:26:55.030 --> 00:26:57.780 the same chips that Patrick Paumen carries in his body. 481 00:27:06.550 --> 00:27:07.930 I mean, it works like this. 482 00:27:07.930 --> 00:27:09.740 We humans, we are skeptical 483 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:12.600 about things we don't really understand, right? 484 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:14.690 But if you explain how it works, 485 00:27:14.690 --> 00:27:16.430 what are the good things, what are the bad things, 486 00:27:16.430 --> 00:27:17.940 what are the dangers, 487 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:20.620 then most people are simply comfortable with it. 488 00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:22.460 So this is what I try to do. 489 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:24.410 I'm not in the business of selling implants, 490 00:27:24.410 --> 00:27:26.603 I just like to share the insights I have. 491 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:30.330 Getting a chip implanted in Sweden costs 492 00:27:30.330 --> 00:27:34.790 exactly the same as in Germany, about 120 euros. 493 00:27:34.790 --> 00:27:36.770 The chips are made of bioglass 494 00:27:36.770 --> 00:27:39.359 so that the body doesn't reject them. 495 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.359 And they're the size of a grain of rice. 496 00:27:42.370 --> 00:27:44.290 Helena (indistinct) is one of the first 497 00:27:44.290 --> 00:27:45.590 who wants to try them out. 498 00:27:47.190 --> 00:27:49.600 I am not nervous at all actually. 499 00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.860 It's not worse than giving birth, 500 00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:53.770 so I'm sticking to my thought on that. 501 00:27:53.770 --> 00:27:56.023 Try everything once, you only live once. 502 00:27:58.190 --> 00:27:59.640 I might take it out tomorrow. 503 00:28:01.430 --> 00:28:02.280 You'll love it. 504 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.050 Okay. 505 00:28:05.050 --> 00:28:06.920 Five seconds later, 506 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.593 Helena (indistinct) is chipped. 507 00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.930 Hopefully I can open my door with it. 508 00:28:11.930 --> 00:28:14.571 I have to call the insurance company 509 00:28:14.571 --> 00:28:17.172 and the people delivering the door 510 00:28:17.172 --> 00:28:19.180 and see if I can open that with it. 511 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.630 An extraordinary number of people 512 00:28:20.630 --> 00:28:23.430 who get chips implanted don't know what exactly 513 00:28:23.430 --> 00:28:25.000 to do with them. 514 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.710 A company representative explains 515 00:28:26.710 --> 00:28:28.380 how they can save passwords 516 00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:30.360 or their business cards on the chips 517 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:33.613 and transmit them to a smartphone with a wave of the hand. 518 00:28:37.890 --> 00:28:39.810 Theoretically, the data could easily get 519 00:28:39.810 --> 00:28:41.273 into the wrong hands. 520 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.910 No doubts at all. 521 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:48.238 I think it's great. 522 00:28:48.238 --> 00:28:50.173 I think it's fun thing, cool thing. 523 00:28:51.551 --> 00:28:54.182 And I think it's only the beginning of this. 524 00:28:54.182 --> 00:28:57.430 I think it will be an explosion going forward. 525 00:28:57.430 --> 00:28:58.630 10% within five years. 526 00:29:01.470 --> 00:29:02.303 Sweden? 527 00:29:02.303 --> 00:29:04.950 Yeah, we're early adapters. 528 00:29:04.950 --> 00:29:07.793 We're really avant-garde with technology. 529 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:10.620 I mean, the upcoming generation is 530 00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:14.603 they're all born with an iPad or an iPhone or the Samsung. 531 00:29:15.530 --> 00:29:17.633 I mean, my son is six years old. 532 00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:21.860 He's doing junior programming on his iPad. 533 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.813 Like kindergarten stuff. 534 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.950 The public transport company in Stockholm 535 00:29:30.950 --> 00:29:33.660 is even considering letting passengers pay for their tickets 536 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.973 with implanted chips. 537 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:39.110 Helena (indistinct), who has just received her first chip, 538 00:29:39.110 --> 00:29:40.713 thinks that's a great idea. 539 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:43.710 I lose my things all the time. 540 00:29:43.710 --> 00:29:48.300 I lose my passport, I lose my bus card, my keys, 541 00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:50.600 my card to the gym. 542 00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:54.460 If everything could be in one place, that would be amazing. 543 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:57.650 And I hope that will come during the next six months 544 00:29:57.650 --> 00:30:00.643 but maybe I shouldn't be too optimistic. 545 00:30:01.810 --> 00:30:04.483 But I guess I will be more free. 546 00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:10.280 Elsewhere in Stockholm, 547 00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:12.890 chips are already commonplace. 548 00:30:12.890 --> 00:30:15.680 The epicenter is a large modern office complex 549 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.760 in the central business district. 550 00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:20.370 There are dozens of startups here. 551 00:30:20.370 --> 00:30:21.620 As a matter of course, 552 00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:24.493 workers open the doors with chip implants. 553 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.973 It was Hannes Sjoblad's idea. 554 00:30:34.850 --> 00:30:37.020 He was host of the implantation party 555 00:30:37.020 --> 00:30:39.503 and he's the building's innovative spirit. 556 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:43.980 I want to question the status quo. 557 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.060 I mean, yes, we've had keys 558 00:30:45.060 --> 00:30:46.640 in our pockets all our lives, right? 559 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.630 We're used to it. 560 00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:49.930 But someone has to say we don't need it. 561 00:30:49.930 --> 00:30:53.720 Someone needs to see what is possible to do tomorrow. 562 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.920 So far, workers have been able to choose. 563 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:59.390 The question of course is whether they will still be able 564 00:30:59.390 --> 00:31:00.883 to do so in future. 565 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:08.150 I just want to have a community of smart people 566 00:31:08.150 --> 00:31:09.700 who learn how this works. 567 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.910 Because if the day comes 568 00:31:11.910 --> 00:31:16.010 when a big company launches the eye implant 569 00:31:16.010 --> 00:31:19.090 or the Swedish tax authority says 570 00:31:19.090 --> 00:31:20.750 we are going to chip everyone, 571 00:31:20.750 --> 00:31:23.050 then we will have a group of people 572 00:31:23.050 --> 00:31:26.940 who understands this technology and can challenge the uses 573 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:30.450 that the authority wants this technology to have on us. 574 00:31:30.450 --> 00:31:32.240 So for me, this is so important 575 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.360 with the democratization of technology. 576 00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:38.200 It's not just to learn how to use the technology, 577 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.360 it's more important 578 00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:41.660 to understand how it's being used against you. 579 00:31:44.190 --> 00:31:46.500 What if the data on the chips was accessed 580 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.380 by strangers? 581 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:51.380 The Orwellian dystopia, the Big Brother, 582 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.270 would no longer be fiction. 583 00:31:53.270 --> 00:31:55.993 Chips could create the transparent citizen. 584 00:31:57.375 --> 00:32:00.080 (indistinct) From the Chaos Computer Club believes 585 00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:01.220 that the secret services 586 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.913 and business would be very interested in this data. 587 00:32:07.235 --> 00:32:09.430 (speaking in foreign language) 588 00:32:09.430 --> 00:32:10.410 Of course, it's very interesting 589 00:32:10.410 --> 00:32:12.290 for them to register people in passing 590 00:32:12.290 --> 00:32:14.420 without having to use face recognition 591 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:16.310 or similar techniques. 592 00:32:16.310 --> 00:32:18.530 Simply to say that was this and that person 593 00:32:18.530 --> 00:32:20.630 who just walked along there and there, 594 00:32:20.630 --> 00:32:23.403 to produce personality profiles or movement patterns. 595 00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.640 At the end of the day, 596 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:27.963 these technologies can be used against us. 597 00:32:34.650 --> 00:32:37.610 In Berlin, Hika Kierkenupp has an appointment 598 00:32:37.610 --> 00:32:39.320 with a regular client. 599 00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:42.290 Erina Dubois doesn't just want passive chips 600 00:32:42.290 --> 00:32:43.900 and magnets in her body, 601 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:46.710 but bigger implants that need batteries. 602 00:32:46.710 --> 00:32:48.530 Am I going to be one of the first people? 603 00:32:48.530 --> 00:32:49.970 Because they said they're going to make a trial 604 00:32:49.970 --> 00:32:52.310 for the first 2,000 people who preordered. 605 00:32:52.310 --> 00:32:54.319 Yeah, so you will be one of the first, 606 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:56.020 the first I know the first one in Germany. 607 00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:58.630 Oh my god, really? 608 00:32:58.630 --> 00:32:59.463 Yes. 609 00:33:00.770 --> 00:33:04.540 Erina wants the Northsense, a kind of compass. 610 00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:07.983 The implant is supposed to vibrate whenever she faces north. 611 00:33:12.150 --> 00:33:15.030 This is not a device or a gadget. 612 00:33:15.030 --> 00:33:17.447 This is technology that evolves with you. 613 00:33:21.703 --> 00:33:25.070 In time, you'll develop new types of memory, 614 00:33:25.070 --> 00:33:27.810 experience, and feeling. 615 00:33:29.910 --> 00:33:32.903 Big promises lead to great expectations. 616 00:33:38.424 --> 00:33:39.257 It was exciting 617 00:33:39.257 --> 00:33:40.720 because it's kind of you're on Google Maps. 618 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.920 At some point, you will be just used to, you know, 619 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:46.370 you walk down that street or you have the feeling, oh, 620 00:33:46.370 --> 00:33:47.370 okay, I have to go there. 621 00:33:47.370 --> 00:33:49.930 Yeah, getting the Northsense can completely transform 622 00:33:49.930 --> 00:33:53.210 my perception of travel, of discovering cities, 623 00:33:53.210 --> 00:33:56.020 of maybe I will still get lost 624 00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:58.620 but I will kind of know which direction I'm going 625 00:33:58.620 --> 00:34:01.563 and that can really, yeah, that changes my perception. 626 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.470 Erina doesn't just want more implants. 627 00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:09.103 She would even replace some body parts. 628 00:34:10.390 --> 00:34:13.240 If I can have a heart that makes me live forever, sure. 629 00:34:15.060 --> 00:34:17.240 I guess if we get to the point 630 00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:20.130 where we can exchange body parts, 631 00:34:20.130 --> 00:34:22.520 then eventually I will have to exchange all of them 632 00:34:22.520 --> 00:34:24.513 because they naturally die. 633 00:34:25.630 --> 00:34:28.330 Could humans eventually upgrade themselves 634 00:34:28.330 --> 00:34:29.503 for immortality? 635 00:34:31.027 --> 00:34:31.910 A political scientist 636 00:34:31.910 --> 00:34:34.690 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is researching 637 00:34:34.690 --> 00:34:37.773 how cyborg technologies are influencing our society. 638 00:34:39.136 --> 00:34:42.770 (man speaking in foreign language) 639 00:34:42.770 --> 00:34:46.150 If we assume that society remains roughly as it is, 640 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:49.200 I'm very pessimistic that the so-called refuseniks, 641 00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:52.050 people who reject these developments, can keep resisting. 642 00:34:54.630 --> 00:34:56.980 A simple example I remember is how people discussed 643 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:59.920 the importance of participating fully in society 644 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.493 without using the internet. 645 00:35:04.050 --> 00:35:07.520 Of course you can refuse to use the internet today 646 00:35:07.520 --> 00:35:10.470 but I think it would be difficult even to study without it. 647 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:18.660 Human dignity is inalienable. 648 00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:20.420 When the boundaries between humans 649 00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:24.563 and electronic devices are blurred, where is our identity? 650 00:35:25.430 --> 00:35:28.603 Is it going to be a question of what upgrade we can afford? 651 00:35:31.040 --> 00:35:34.140 This new life means greater control. 652 00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:36.003 We can stop diseases and decay. 653 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:40.720 But we will need a new frame of values and social morays 654 00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.620 with this freedom. 655 00:35:53.580 --> 00:35:56.600 Things are not looking good for Oliver Waack-Jurgensen 656 00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.903 and his cyborg hip. 657 00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:01.970 He hasn't been able to convince the manufacturers, 658 00:36:01.970 --> 00:36:04.500 so today he's talking to the Pirate Society 659 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:06.620 where he's a member of the board. 660 00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:09.160 Pirate focuses on political education 661 00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:10.880 and its members have good contacts 662 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:13.720 amongst politicians and academics. 663 00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:15.233 He hopes to get their support. 664 00:36:17.803 --> 00:36:18.636 (speaking in foreign language) 665 00:36:18.636 --> 00:36:22.090 I'd be grateful for ideas and support from your connections 666 00:36:22.090 --> 00:36:26.270 to find other manufacturers, probably outside of Europe. 667 00:36:26.270 --> 00:36:28.060 And for us to say, come on guys, 668 00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:29.773 let's try something like this. 669 00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:37.883 I don't understand why you want to reach the manufacturers. 670 00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.040 Perhaps you can explain, 671 00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:42.620 because I think the first thing you need to do, 672 00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:44.560 the first people you need to talk to are 673 00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:47.130 the guys involved in medical ethics 674 00:36:47.130 --> 00:36:48.880 and they are not the manufacturers. 675 00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:56.320 Another issue, of course, is the legal aspect. 676 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.440 Apart from the ethics experts, the lawyers. 677 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:02.020 That's an incredibly important target group 678 00:37:02.020 --> 00:37:04.663 to get them to think about where the boundaries lie. 679 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:12.210 You should really be having this discussion 680 00:37:12.210 --> 00:37:15.293 with technologists, doctors, and ethical experts. 681 00:37:16.326 --> 00:37:18.863 And not just for a matinee, but a whole workshop. 682 00:37:20.930 --> 00:37:24.110 I think that could trigger a social debate. 683 00:37:24.110 --> 00:37:26.140 We would support you, I said this from the start. 684 00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:28.633 It's our issue, our new big issue. 685 00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:33.243 Great, thank you. 686 00:37:33.243 --> 00:37:34.980 Your reaction's cool. 687 00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.990 It's really important to me 688 00:37:35.990 --> 00:37:38.040 and I'm really pleased with the feedback. 689 00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:43.853 Waack-Jurgensen could get his cyborg hip quite soon. 690 00:37:45.230 --> 00:37:47.770 I hope society will take more notice of cyborgism 691 00:37:47.770 --> 00:37:51.163 and it spreads so that people overcome the fear they have. 692 00:37:55.670 --> 00:37:57.210 It's a legitimate fear. 693 00:37:57.210 --> 00:37:59.620 Look, that other guy is trying to improve himself 694 00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:02.120 with technology and he's doing it 695 00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:04.310 and has the advantage over me. 696 00:38:04.310 --> 00:38:05.363 That's indisputable. 697 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:08.650 It's an issue with cyborgism. 698 00:38:08.650 --> 00:38:10.250 We need to work on it 699 00:38:10.250 --> 00:38:12.440 and demand that society create the conditions 700 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:14.610 in which the two can co-exist, 701 00:38:14.610 --> 00:38:18.003 and in the best case scenario, cooperate. 702 00:38:23.490 --> 00:38:27.440 Patrick Paumen has been waiting for this day for months. 703 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.590 He's come to Berlin with a prototype 704 00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:32.973 of the data encoding chip from the USA in his luggage. 705 00:38:39.395 --> 00:38:40.228 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 706 00:38:40.228 --> 00:38:41.190 I'm very excited. 707 00:38:41.190 --> 00:38:42.963 I haven't been able to test it yet. 708 00:38:44.410 --> 00:38:45.843 I hope everything works out. 709 00:38:48.850 --> 00:38:50.840 Paumen wants to get the implant done 710 00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.133 in Hika Kierkenupp's piercing studio. 711 00:38:55.870 --> 00:38:58.180 Hi, I brought the new implant. 712 00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:59.540 Show me. 713 00:38:59.540 --> 00:39:01.160 The packet arrived yesterday. 714 00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:02.163 Perfect timing. 715 00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:07.750 They don't yet know if the chip works. 716 00:39:07.750 --> 00:39:10.200 When it was tested recently on another volunteer, 717 00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:11.513 it broke immediately. 718 00:39:13.890 --> 00:39:15.280 So this is it. 719 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.370 It'll be my first time. 720 00:39:17.370 --> 00:39:18.920 Wow, it's quite long, isn't it? 721 00:39:19.810 --> 00:39:20.993 But relatively flat. 722 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:24.590 I certainly want to test it first, 723 00:39:24.590 --> 00:39:26.563 if it's able to read, we'll see. 724 00:39:31.033 --> 00:39:33.116 (chimes) 725 00:39:38.749 --> 00:39:40.749 What does that mean, no? 726 00:39:42.101 --> 00:39:44.583 Sorry, tag communication was interrupted. 727 00:39:46.911 --> 00:39:49.110 (chimes) 728 00:39:49.110 --> 00:39:50.650 Now it's reading. 729 00:39:50.650 --> 00:39:51.860 Yes? 730 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:55.703 It's been recognized as an NXP smart MC chip. 731 00:39:58.520 --> 00:40:00.733 So it's all systems go. 732 00:40:03.640 --> 00:40:06.300 The prototype chip is exceptionally large. 733 00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:08.460 It can't be injected under the skin 734 00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:10.813 like most of the other chips Paumen has. 735 00:40:15.421 --> 00:40:17.980 What implants do you have now? 736 00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:19.323 Only the NFC chip. 737 00:40:20.802 --> 00:40:23.910 I can't remember the number offhand, a 125 RFID. 738 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:34.920 The procedure takes 45 minutes. 739 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:38.303 Then Paumen has the 12th implant in his body. 740 00:40:45.870 --> 00:40:47.353 So it's inside. 741 00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:52.073 Inside. 742 00:40:54.810 --> 00:40:57.543 For Paumen, the chip is mainly a status symbol. 743 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.720 (Patrick speaking in foreign language) 744 00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:04.360 Yes, I'm proud that it's a prototype. 745 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:09.053 It's not on the market yet and I'm one of the beta testers. 746 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:16.593 The manufacturer asked me if I could test it and I said yes. 747 00:41:25.707 --> 00:41:28.410 Paumen can now encode with the chip 748 00:41:28.410 --> 00:41:30.533 and eventually perhaps even pay with it. 749 00:41:31.570 --> 00:41:33.703 It certainly won't be his last implant. 750 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:43.330 Neil Harbisson also has plans. 751 00:41:43.330 --> 00:41:46.163 He wants to receive an implant that is entirely new. 752 00:41:52.010 --> 00:41:55.280 So I'm creating an organ that will be circular 753 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:56.640 between the skin and the bone 754 00:41:56.640 --> 00:41:59.610 and it will give heat depending on what time it is. 755 00:41:59.610 --> 00:42:03.070 So it would take 24 hours for the heat to go around the head 756 00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:05.000 so I'll know what time it is 757 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.050 by just feeling the heat around the head. 758 00:42:10.050 --> 00:42:12.010 But if I have this for several months or years, 759 00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:13.880 it should become my perception of time, 760 00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.960 so then I'll be able to control 761 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:18.240 if I want time to go faster or slower. 762 00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:19.940 If I make the heat go slower, 763 00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:21.860 I'll feel that time goes slower. 764 00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:23.040 Or if I want time to go faster, 765 00:42:23.040 --> 00:42:25.250 I can program it so it goes faster. 766 00:42:25.250 --> 00:42:27.760 If i make it go twice forwards or backwards. 767 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:30.560 So it's taking Einstein's theory of time relativity 768 00:42:30.560 --> 00:42:32.500 into a sense, into an organ 769 00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:34.540 to see whether or not you can control your perception 770 00:42:34.540 --> 00:42:36.703 of time if you have an organ for time. 771 00:42:37.950 --> 00:42:40.350 It's doubtful whether we can really manipulate 772 00:42:40.350 --> 00:42:42.630 our sense of time like that. 773 00:42:42.630 --> 00:42:43.620 But what's certain is 774 00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:47.163 that cyborg technologies will change our society. 775 00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:52.300 Imagine two persons meeting in the future. 776 00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:54.320 What will the interaction be like? 777 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:58.350 So possibly, let's say we have implant technology 778 00:42:58.350 --> 00:43:00.300 that logs the different processes 779 00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:01.950 that is going on in the body. 780 00:43:01.950 --> 00:43:04.440 Someone is stressed, someone is happy, 781 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.230 someone is angry, someone is in love. 782 00:43:07.230 --> 00:43:10.920 And imagine the ability to share this information directly 783 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.800 inside someone else. 784 00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.840 I think this would create 785 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:16.320 a greater understanding between people 786 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.310 and a greater understanding 787 00:43:17.310 --> 00:43:20.430 for what another person is feeling and going through. 788 00:43:20.430 --> 00:43:24.430 And I hope that this will make us more ethical persons 789 00:43:24.430 --> 00:43:26.930 if we have a greater understanding for each other. 790 00:43:32.227 --> 00:43:33.060 (Bertolt speaking in foreign language) 791 00:43:33.060 --> 00:43:34.640 I think it's really important not to leave 792 00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:37.140 the debate about the social effects of technology 793 00:43:37.140 --> 00:43:39.973 to technologists, engineers, and economists. 794 00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:45.420 It's really important to start a discussion in the media 795 00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:47.910 about what lies ahead, what's conceivable, 796 00:43:47.910 --> 00:43:50.160 and what effect it could have on our society. 797 00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.030 I think we should reflect on these processes 798 00:44:00.030 --> 00:44:01.543 before they rush in on us. 799 00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:09.600 What is technically possible 800 00:44:09.600 --> 00:44:12.260 line:5% and what is ethically justifiable? 801 00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:15.813 We are just beginning to explore those boundaries.