Infant Cyborgization Research Group

Honey, our kid is a cyborg!

Research Question:

What is the impact of today's technology on kids under 10 years of age?

In what ways do these technologies enhance or restrict them?

Are kids cyborgs?

Themes:

• • Technological dependancy

  • Social Behavior

  • Moral judgement

Social sciences & human behaviour

• • Cybernetics is influenced by art and popular culture

  • But: Today's cyborg is a man with a mobile phone, internet etc.

Research Approaches:

• • Comparing the drawings of kids from different generations.

  • Applications to test kid's choice

  • Haptic interfaces

  • Simulations of social situations

  • Analyzing kids' behaviour on youtube

  • Data visualization

Lisa / Guido / Terrence / Aurimas