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IImplanted Digital Prosthetics
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2019
- Author: Maxime Derian
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 5 4 8 - 2 9 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 5 4 8 - 2 9 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 8 0 - 9
Orthotic Digital Devices in the Human Body explores the once science-fiction concept of implanting a digital device to provide healthcare information. Since the first pacemaker… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOrthotic Digital Devices in the Human Body explores the once science-fiction concept of implanting a digital device to provide healthcare information. Since the first pacemakers were surgically implanted in the human body 60 years ago, there has been a significant increase in the different types of digital devices added to the body for eHealth purposes. This books provides a synthetic point-of-view of the different possibilities offered by this tools.
- Proves that implanted digital devices that provide health care are no longer a science fiction topic
- Presents the significant increase in the different types of digital devices added to the body
- Provides a synthetic view of the different possibilities offered by these tools
Scholars, journalists, patients, readers curious about enhanced humanity and emerging therapies
- No. of pages: 250
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2019
- Imprint: ISTE Press - Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9781785482946
- eBook ISBN: 9781785482946
- eBook ISBN: 9780128183809
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Maxime Derian
Maxime Derian is a researcher at Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 (CETCOPRA), France, and a member of the Observatoire des mondes numériques en sciences humaines (OMNSH), France. He is an anthropologist of techniques, specializing in the domain of social uses and digital tools, especially concerning e-health. His research focuses on the hybridization of the human body with computerized machines.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, ISCC (CNRS) and Associate Researcher, CETCOPRA, University of Paris 1, Pantheon Sorbonne