Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have conducted a study that claims the human body has enough electro-magnetic power within it to power small IoT (Internet of Things) devices, including powering and becoming antennas for the next evolution of the internet, 6G. This new internet promises to be 1000 times quicker than 5G, which is still being rolled out even as we speak.
6G promises to make even more of our world interconnected to everything else, creating a total “internet’ that includes everything from your t-shirt to your pen, from the table in your house to the house itself. Humans becoming part of the 6G network could be viewed as a positive development for humans or a further de-humanization of them.
As 6G emerges, the ethical, philosophical, and theological implications of an all-consuming network will come to the fore, challenging humans to potentially question the wisdom of creating a system that reduces humans to batteries.
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