TODAY: BUSINESS FUTURES | 31 ANALYSIS Increasingly, technological innovation is playing an important role in tackling these health concerns—and improving not just life span but also healthspan. Companies such as Neuronetics, BrainsGate and Lumosity are researching brain-boosting 17 technologies. The social impact of self-driving cars will include helping the elderly to be more mobile. Assistive technologies, such as communications robots, are showing some 18 effectiveness with dementia patients. Numerous research institutes, technology titans and startups, such as the SENS Research Foundation and Google-backed Calico, are focused 19 on understanding aging at the level of genes, cells and tissues. At the same time, millions of sensors attached to everyday objects and individuals are creating high volumes of data that are being used not only to measure and track human behavior and performance, but also to predict, alter or enhance it. THE WORLD OF REDEREDESIGSIGNNIINNGG THE IMAGINATION THE AGE OF “TECHNO-POLITICS” LILIFEFE ECONOMY (IN)SECURITY

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