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An international team is looking at new technologies that improve human physical and cognitive skills, their development and their distribution in society. The possibilities are dizzying, but they raise many questions about the very essence of human beings, about what is useful for their development, about what is useful for their well-being and about what is not.

The intelligence behind artificial "intelligence" (AI) is suspect. Admittedly, we are less and less doubtful of its remarkable technical capabilities. On the other hand, we increasingly doubt its... intelligence. For example, we hesitate to speak of genuine intelligence - in the strongest sense of the word - even though

The rapid development of the so-called NBIC technologies - nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science - is giving rise to possibilities that have long been in the realm of science fiction. Disease, aging, and even death are all human realities that these technologies seek to bring to the forefront.

  To enable paraplegics to regain the use of their legs, this is the ambition of the Wandercraft project, which has created the first exoskeleton that reproduces the movements of walking identically: With it, paraplegics can regain the most advanced natural walking in the world; several million people

Between the hope of immortality and the inevitability of mortality, humans have always sought to counter the aging and defect of functional parts of their bodies. Thus, the myth of Prometheus shows that the ancient Greeks were already aware of the potential of certain parts of the body to repair themselves.

Eternal life is mankind's oldest dream. A dream that could come true. Today, in the West, the quest for immortality has moved from a metaphysical question to technical and scientific considerations. In this film, the investigation focuses on the progress of laboratory research around the world.

As medical advances in robotics, implants and other assistive technologies continue, will we, as humans, eventually evolve into a kind of cyborg? What does this mean for society as we know it? Cyborgs: a word that

All gardeners, even Sunday gardeners, know that to obtain beautiful flowers, you must occasionally clean your plants and remove withered stems, leaves and buds. Well, it's a little bit the same for the human body. Researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center at the

On 30 January next, the European Bioethics Forum will open its seventh edition until 4 February. On the theme "Human, post-human", which will be broken down into 35 debates, 135 experts, 40 major witnesses from the public, 370 schoolchildren and the general public will give their views. The human being is being transformed before our eyes, physically,

En mars prochain, un important assureur japonnais remplacera 34 de ses employés par une intelligence artificielle. Cela viendrait à conforter le rapport publié en 2015 par l’Institut de recherche Nomura, prévoyant que près de la moitié des emplois au Japon sera tenue par des robots en 2035. Déjà, aux USA,

The emergence of new technologies and the progress made in many fields (digital, robotics, medicine...) have revolutionized our daily life and the way we look at the evolution of humanity in just a few years. What will we look like in the future? What are the limits? Answers at the France Culture conference

In less than fifteen years, the prophecies of those who foretell the victory over death and the triumph of a non-biological life form are likely to be fulfilled. Google's slogan "we're going to kill death" is not just an advertising slogan. For unbridled technology is moving inexorably towards the

Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab, has developed a leg prosthesis called "BIOM T2". These prostheses, with embedded artificial intelligence, now allow people to access movements that were previously impossible to perform, but more importantly, they adapt to