HP Innovation Journal Issue 10: Fall 2018 | Page 58

OUR MINDS
Computer hardware and
software allow our brain to access
information faster, but they rely
on our interaction.
We ask Alexa a question, swipe our
mobile phone screens, or gesture
with a virtual reality controller.
OUR BODIES
Organ transplants and prosthetic
advancements do amazing things
for people—but they largely help
us manage limitations and illnesses,
not eliminate or transcend them.
Extreme users are already turning their bodies into edge
computing devices. In the near future, many of us will
augment our cognitive capabilities via direct, seamless
interfaces with computation and information. Medical
advancements in areas such as tissue and genetic engineering
point to a future in which we can correct or avoid physical
limitations—not just manage them.
HP’s Megatrends research explores the impact that global
socioeconomic and technological forces will have on our
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