Ultimately, biodigital convergence is more than a mere combination of technologies, but rather a synergistic interaction of all these fields that is creating innovations with profound implications across a wide range of domains.2 Biodigital convergence eliminates the boundary between biological and digital disciplines by seamlessly integrating the biological and digital realms.

Biodigital convergence may profoundly impact our economy, our ecosystems, and our society.

Braidotti (2019a: 37) argues from the point of view of the humanities for both ‘royal science’ formations and for multiple assemblages of ‘minor science’, and especially for the new critical posthumanities defined at the moment between ‘ceasing to be and what we are in the process of becoming’. She makes the strong argument that ‘with cognitive capitalism being tuned into bio-genetics and informational codes – there is nothing left for critical thinkers to do other than to pursue the posthuman’ (Braidotti 2019a: 53). We agree with this orientation but think that ‘critical reason’ in this context itself needs a biodigital interpretation and is not consumed by the posthumanities.

standards related to biodigital convergence.

There are many different approaches on how digital entertaining health applications and particularly health games can be adopted to improve a person's health. In general, they can be effective on a cognitive, behavioral or emotional level, e.g.

June 9, 2023 - With retinal implants or cochlear implants now considered standard enhancement features towards sensory enhancement for sight or hearing, we shift focus on current innovations like brain implants; enhancing cognitive function beyond limits yields fascinating possibilities worth careful societal consideration – what does being human mean beyond our biological constraints? Bio-digital convergence creates specific risks that center around creating divisions based on technology access.Alongside this risk is ethical dilemmas involved in pushing human limitation.

April 25, 2025 - Biodigital convergence is reshaping technology by integrating biological and digital systems, blurring the lines between living organisms and technology.

“Publicly acceptable data policy may sometimes enable biodigital convergence, and sometimes create roadblocks. The ease with which many parties could extract or make use of personal data related to an individual’s genome, biome, health markers, and context could create new demands for regulation, beyond existing personal health information protection laws.” · The author highlights that as biodigital tools will run on our data, it will necessarily be handled by authorities, social services, healthcare providers, and other institutions.

Over the past 40 years the economy has transformed through digital evolutions in information technology, like the Internet, smart phone, applications, and big data analytics. The biodigital convergence could change the way we design and manufacture goods, revolutionize healthcare and agriculture, modify our environment, and even alter how humans evolve as a species.

The M-MMSE is an 11-item questionnaire [28] that aims to measure cognitive function in five areas, which are orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall, and language. The test–retest reliability was reported at 0.45 to 0.50 with a one-year interval among healthy samples [30]. On the other hand, convergent validity was reported to be significantly correlated to verbal tasks.

"In this initial paper, we define and explore biodigital convergence – why it is important to explore now, its characteristics, what new capabilities could arise from it, and some initial policy implications"--Foreword, page 5.

Ultimately the biological being will be artificially manipulated through digital technology, AI. The results may be incredible; incredibly good, incredibly bad, or incredibly absurd. The purpose of this thread is to discuss the ethical implications of this new form of technology called biodigital convergence.

The IEC/ISO Joint Systems Committee aims to identify and assess potential new bio-digital convergence topics and anticipate standardization challenges that emerge when these traditionally separate streams depend on each other, as they often do in several real-life applications.

Local production and supply chains may impact the following policy areas: ... The biodigital convergence may bring many opportunities to solve a range of challenges, such as those stemming from climate change, food security, supply chains, biodiversity loss, and disease.

In addition to offering potential benefits, the biodigital convergence could also impose

The Biodigital Convergence poses major health risks, security risks, privacy violations, and human rights violations. We did not ask to be experimented on with human augmentation technology. Most of the decisions to move forward with this happened without public knowledge and without their ...

Guided by its mandate, Policy Horizons Canada (Policy Horizons) intends to start an informed and meaningful dialogue about plausible futures for biodigital convergence and the policy questions that may arise. In this initial paper, we define and explore biodigital convergence – why it is important to explore now, its characteristics, what new capabilities could arise from it, and some initial policy implications.

February 22, 2024 - Biodigital convergence is a new field of research exploring the interaction between digital and biological technologies and systems. Bioprinters that produce organic tissue, the medical use of digital devices in humans, and automated biofoundries (factories) for the redesign of living organisms are just a few examples. Standards have a vital role to play in assessing the long-term impact, benefits, and challenges of this new field.

Recently the field of BioDigital convergence has seen breakthroughs in bioengineering, biomedical devices, molecular farming, artificial organs, stem cell research and environmental monitoring which can help tackle many global challenges.