Cybernetic implants in non-medical applications. Selected aspects

• Authors: Patrycja Kornacka

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this article is to present the path of development of implants, once used exclusively for medical purposes and now widespread in non-medical aspects. The inadequacy of previous efforts to combat health problems has forced the search for new, more effective methods, and these have emerged with the development of technology. As a result, implants were created using the existing correlation between computing and communication, which at the same time initiated research into devices inserted into the body to enrich its capabilities. This, in turn, raises a number of difficulties on various levels of life, so an analysis of possible potential risks has been made. Undoubtedly, it is obligatory to implement a number of changes in relation to the new solutions. An attempt was also made to answer the question of whether the non-medical use of ITC implants should be prohibited by law?

Keywords

EN

technology; communication; implants ICT; threats; law; medical implants; non-medical implants

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
• Journal: Studia Prawnicze: rozprawy i materiały
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 279-303

Dates

published

2025

Contributors

author

Patrycja Kornacka

• Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.48269/2451-0807-sp-2025-1-12

Biblioteka Nauki

61807816