Generation NeoTouch: How digital touch is impacting the way we are intimate

Artikel

The essay is written in the form of a magazine article published in 2039 - eleven yearsafter the introduction of NeoTouch, a technology facilitating digital touch as human-to-humancommunication based on a brain-computer interface (BCI). The article follows Barbara, a youngwoman who recently had the technology deactivated, so as to understand the social and physicalconsequences of the device. Through the introduction of different voices the narrative integratesthe history of the technology, the ethical, social and legal contexts and various personalaccounts.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Internet Policy Review ; ISSN: 2197-6775 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-10 ; Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
• Subject: Sci-fi ; Haptic technology ; Privacy ; Brain-computer interface

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Würth, Christine
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.14763/2020.1.1454
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/216220
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET