We are Borg: Coming soon to your nearest Radio Shack

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The discussion highlights the emerging technology of smart make-up, which utilizes electronics to alter appearance, raising concerns about security and privacy, particularly the risk of hacking. Advances in nano- and micro-engineering have enabled the development of "smart fabrics" that can be manipulated at a molecular level, allowing for the creation of devices with enhanced properties. The conversation also touches on the concept of a collective consciousness through technology, envisioning a future where individuals could integrate with these advancements to form a more connected existence.
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... "If you are wearing smart make-up, where electronics are controlling the appearance, you don't want people hacking in and writing messages on your forehead" - (BT futurologist Ian Pearson)...

...Yet this technology is already upon us. ...These "smart fabrics" have come about through advances in nano- and micro-engineering - the ability to manipulate and exploit materials at micro or molecular scale.

At the nanoscale, materials can be "tuned" to display unusual properties that can be exploited to build faster, lighter, stronger and more efficient devices and systems. [continued]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4059011.stm
 
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If i become the first borg, and assimilate everyone else, then i have an expanded consciousness, with many bodies as limbs... :approve:
 
Technotopia here I come!
 

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