An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology

Hacking Your Age
Herausgeber: Carver, L. F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology focuses on a broad range of issues that covers everything from the most basic ways technology and biohacking influence peopleâ s everyday lives to concerns about equity, globalization, and how we humans produce, consume, and are consumed by our technologies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 192g
• ISBN-13: 9781032602264
• ISBN-10: 1032602260
• Artikelnr.: 69031669

Autorenporträt

L.F. Carver is an associate professor at Queen's University, Canada. Situated within a One Health perspective, Dr Carver's research and writing considers the impact of technology and surveillance on well-being and the way these intersect with gender, age and social determinants of health.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Biohacking and Aging Technology - A Primer 2. The Biology
of Aging and its Social Implications 3. Anti-Aging or Enhancing-Aging
Technologies? Social and Religious Implications of Radical Life Extension
4. Assistive Technologies and Older Adults with Cognitive Problems 5. Aging
in the Smart Home Conclusion and Future