A profile of cyborg anthropologist Amber Case.

Case has been studying how becoming more digital changes the way we think and act. The cyborg was envisioned as a human with implants or, as in Blade Runner, a manufactured human, part biological and part technological. But as the future becomes the present, human extension tends to be more external in the devices we carry and our interactions with them. As we become more digital, says Case, “we tend not to notice our devices as much anymore. Our devices, phones, and computers become a complete part of our lives. It’s hard to step back and objectively look at them as tools.

Check out the cyborg anthropology site for more on the field.