Applying technologies into the human body makes a hybrid human/machine: a cyborg. We
identified four types of cyborgs in the literature: the original cyborg, enhanced temporarily for …

Beleaguered countries struggling against aggression or powerful nations defending others
from brutal regimes mobilize medicine to wage just war. As states funnel medical resources …

Human space missions form an area of human life in which methods of more or less radical
human enhancement should be taken into account. The space environment offers strong …

The military applications of AI raise myriad ethical challenges. Critical among them is how AI
integrates with human decision making to enhance cognitive performance on the battlefield …

This paper argues that the recent popularity of military science fiction, particularly the focus
on the training of the recruit soldier as they make their way through boot camp, comes from …

Synthetic biology and gene editing opens new possibilities for human enhancement
requiring ethical, societal and biopolitical considerations to evaluate its implications on the …

生物技术的快速发展为人类疾病的预防, 诊断, 治疗提供有效的手段, 及在食品,
环境等领域为人类带来巨大的利益. 军事方面, 对生物武器的侦, 防, 消, 救技术也随着生物技术的 …

In this chapter, there is an introduction to the field of synthetic biology as a field of security
concern. This involves characterising this area of innovation as an emergent 'techno …

In the 21st century, biotechnology is no doubt one of the fields in science and technology
with the most developmental potential. Modern-day biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field …