FX.co ★ Key technological trends of 2018: a step into the future

The question of the human nature improvement has long been of concern to the best minds of the planet. Last year, under the influence of these sentiments, biohacking emerged, a system of health control based on an individual approach and regulation of vital indicators. However, such trends, according to experts, can be a gross interference in human nature. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the novelties of biohacking and consider their disadvantages and advantages.

Fitness bracelets

This year, such devices as fitness bracelets can become a mass trend. They will be worn by a huge number of people, experts are sure. Thanks to this bracelet it will be possible to get information about vital things: heart health, sugar level, oxygen in the blood, etc. This is a qualitatively different level of medicine development, and mass use of bracelets will be a decisive factor for changing its global paradigm.

Portable non-invasive glucometers

The use of non-invasive glucometers can become an important factor for both diabetics and healthy people. For diabetics, these devices are vital, and for others, they are very useful, since they pay attention to the symptoms of many diseases. In 2018, these devices can become ubiquitous.

Genome editing

This year, according to experts, will become the time of the most important medical technology of the century, the genome editing. Last year there was a breakthrough in this area when successful experiments with the genome of an adult were carried out. The first gene correction for the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia was also approved. Genetic correction in a broad sense is an improvement in human nature. Experiments in this area were conducted in the USA, Europe, and China.

Bionic devices usage

In 2017, for the first time scientists presented one of the technologies for "improving" ("augmentation") of a person by bionic devices. This is an artificial lens developed in Sweden. It not only treats eye diseases but also gives the possibilities of zoom enhancing human vision exponentially. This technology should go on sale in 2018. The type of biohacking, such as "human transformation", is gaining momentum. Josiah Zayner from the US tried to improve his own genome. Thanks to him, "home laboratories" for gene editing appeared on the market.

Global change of human nature

Experts consider the new 2018 the time of the total onset of science on human nature. The process will be irreversible and global, analysts are sure. A competition between China and the US for the right to be called the first technological power will become acuter. A new technological revolution, the emergence of which is inevitable, will not be able to restrain the development of human correction technologies. The situation can be complicated by outbreaks of technogenic epidemics, experts warn.