Human ICT Implants: Technical, Legal and Ethical Considerations

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gasson, Mark N. (Editor), Kosta, Eleni (Editor), Bowman, Diana M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague, The Netherlands : T. M. C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012.
• Series: Information Technology and Law Series, 23
• Subjects: Law.; Application software.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Biology > Technique.; Human rights.; International law.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; Human Rights.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Biological Techniques.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.

With a Foreword by Professor Rafael Capurro, International Centre for Information Ethics (ICIE); Distinguished Researcher in Information Ethics, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA  Considered by many to be science fiction, information and communication technology (...

Table of Contents:

• Human ICT implants: From invasive to pervasive
• Human ICT implants: From restorative application to human enhancement
• Potential application areas for RFID implants
• Restoring function: Application exemplars of medical ICT implants
• Passive human ICT implants: Risks and possible solutions
• Implantable medical devices: Privacy and security concerns
• Carrying implants and carrying risks; Human ICT implants and liability
• Implants and human rights, In particular bodily integrity
• Implanting implications: data protection challenges arising from the use of human ICT implants
• Cheating with implants: Implications of the hidden information advantage of bionic ears and eyes
• Ethical Implications of Human ICT Implants
• Pieces of ME: On identity and information communications technology implants
• The societal reality of that which was once science fiction.