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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=343092315-22112008>I
will be speaking at the <SPAN class=343092315-22112008></SPAN>SESC <I>Servico
Social do Comercio </I>of Brazil, and the<SPAN class=343092315-22112008>
</SPAN><I>Instituto Sergio Motta </I>of São Paulo Conference "Syncretism of the
Senses" in Sao Paulo, Brazil next week. Here is a link <A
href="http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/faq2/">http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/faq2/</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=343092315-22112008>My
talk is on "Synthetic Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Skin". </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=343092315-22112008>Here
is an excerpt from the talk which accompanies a video
clip:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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class=343092315-22112008>"</SPAN>What is more intimate to each person than the
very skin of the body—the sensuous touch, taste and smell of our skin?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The skin visible and exposed, as it
displays our character and emotions; yet, it is also hidden and private, as it
covers the curves and creases of our bodies and breaths we us each breath, sigh
and quiver.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While skin has sensual
and sexual characteristics, we forget that it is an organ and serves a precise
function of our physiology, without which we could not exist in our current
biological form.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Skin also is
vulnerable to the environment as cancer is on the rise and while our skin has
been protecting us for eons, now we must protect it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can we use applicable technology and
visionary science to protect our skin and still maintain its integrity as a
intimate part of our identity, our presence in the world, and our experience of
the world around us?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN
class=343092315-22112008>"</SPAN>The protocol of nanotechnology, biotechnology
and information technologies is anything but human, as it suggests cold,
mechanical and invasive technology.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Cognitive science and neuro science are a bit more familiar from a
biological viewpoint, but they too suggest tampering with our thoughts and
probing our privacy. It seems paradoxical that the intimacy and sensuality of
skin could be preserved in these emerging technologies and sciences.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it is possible. The smart skin of
“Primo Posthuman”<SPAN class=343092315-22112008> </SPAN>future body
prototype illustrates how nano-bio-info-cogno skin could maintain and
enhance the characteristics of skin.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>For example, smart skin’s </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">outer sheath would be
composed of assembled molecular cytes or cells connected together to form the
outer fabric of the body. The smart skin is engineered to repair, remake, and
replace itself. It contains nanobots throughout the epidermal and dermis to
communicate with the brain to determine the texture and tone of its surface. It
transmits enhanced sensory data to the brain on an ongoing basis. The smart skin
learns how and when to renew itself, alerts the outside world of the disposition
of the person, or maintains individual privacy; gives specific degrees of the
body’s temperature from moment to moment; and reflects symbols, images, colors
and textures across its contours. It is able to relate the percentages of toxins
in the environment and the extract radiation effects of the sun.<SPAN
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