From Silicon Cockpit to Silicon Body

摘要

Microprocessors and bandwidth already substitute for military personnel in outer space, and before long they'll take over the fighter jet and the tank. But even as the human body ejects from the cockpit, the silicon cockpit is infiltrating the body itself. The technologies that make possible spy satellites and pilotless drones are moving into pacemakers, defibrillators, hearing aids and a boundless new array of stimulators, pumps and prostheses.