We ’ve spent a lot of time this hebdomad discussing how we can use engineering science to deepen our torso . But according to new research , one of the gadgets we rely on daily is already having a measurable impression on our genius .
Researchers at Örebro University in Sweden found that cellular phone employment increase the encephalon ’s product of transthyretin , a protein found in cerebrospinal fluid that cushion and protects the brain . The investigator do n’t know if the increase presence of the protein is good or bad for the wit , or what kind of effects it might have in the long run .
Regardless of the effects , this watching is pretty wild . We ’ve talk a mickle about how gadgets will transfer our consistence , but how will our bodies switch to fit those gadgets ?
Maybe increased transthyretin production is brain ’s last - ditch effort to fight off cancer . Or maybe it ’s the first of many adaptations we ’ll see as we permit technology become a part of ourselves . [ Wired ]
This week , Gizmodo is explore the enhanced human future tense in a segment we callThis Cyborg Life . It ’s about what happens when we treat our body less as a sacred target and more as what it is : Nature ’s ultimate machine .
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