CPOY 73 Documentary Award of Excellence: Humans of the Future

New technologies such as bio- and nanotechnology, robotics but also less invasive tendencies such as biohacking and Virtual Reality has the ability to change what it means to be human shaped by nature and evolution. Are we creating a new human species: Homo Sapiens 2.0? Philosophers and specialists think so, and genome editing, nano drones and brain-computer interfaces has the ability to change mankind as we know it. The 2018 data scandal shows how new technologies can be used unethically but also just how little people and politicians know about these very complicated new technologies. Humans of The Future is a photojournalistic piece about new technologies and the way they will affect humans and allow us to be better versions of ourselves.

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It is already possible to move the cursor on a screen by the power of the thoughts using the EEG-technology that measures activities in the brain. Professor Preben Kidmose works with brain-computer-interfaces at Aarhus University. He explains that it would be possible to think at a commando such as "call dad" and the phone calls your dad. However, it is still much smarter and more convenient to just say it out loud. But he believes that the technology will be used to measure our mental conditions in the future. He exemplifies with an air traffic controller who might be measured to be able to control 15 flights at some points and on other points only three. But the question is how much we actually want to be measured?

Malene Anthony / Danish School of Journalism

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