Posts Tagged ‘bioethics’
Mixed reactions on the development of digital biomarkers and growth of Mindstrong Health
___ (More on the positive side, at MIT Technology Review) The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself: “There are about 45 million people in the US alone with a mental illness, and those illnesses and their courses of treatment can vary tremendously. But there is something most of those people…
Read MoreResearchers stress need for neurotechnologies to protect the mental dimension of individuals and groups, especially mental privacy and integrity
From Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain Technology (University of Basel press release): “The term “dual-use” refers to technology that can be used for both beneficial (i.e., medical) and harmful (i.e., military of terroristic) aims. Until recently, most dual-use technology emerged especially in virology and bacteriology. In the last years, however, military-funded research has…
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