Page - 248 - in Cyborg Mind - What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics

248 • Glossary Prosthesis: an artificial device that replaces a missing body part that has been lost through trauma, disease or congenital conditions. From the ancient Greek prósthesis (‘addition, application, attachment’), such a device is also used to help a person ‘look’ more normal. Right to be forgotten: the perceived right for individuals to determine the development of their life in an autonomous way, without experiencing dis- crimination as a consequence of a specific past action. Strong artificial intelligence: asserts that computational states are necessary and sufficient for minds to exist. Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): an imaging procedure that measures brain anatomy using a strong magnetic field combined with radio frequency waves. Transhumanism: the idea that humanity can transcend or overcome the limitations of human nature.2 Transhumanism is different from the con- cept of enhancement in that it seeks to create beings that have never previ- ously existed in the history of humankind. These beings would retain some human characteristics, such as with human-nonhuman interspecies beings or cyborgs that combine the human and the robot. Transhumans should, how- ever, be distinguished from posthumans. Virtual reality: replicates an environment that simulates physical presence in both the real or imagined worlds and lets the user interact in that world. This usually takes place through a computer screen, though other infrastructures may also be used. Voxel: represents each of an array of elements of volume that constitute a notional three-dimensional space, especially each of an array of discrete elements into which a representation of a three-dimensional object is divided. WiFi: represents wireless fidelity technology for wireless local area network- ing with specific electronic devices. World Wide Web: an information space where documents and other web resources may be identified, interlinked and accessed via the Internet. This open access edition has been made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Knowledge Unlatched. Not for resale.