Net life and society network: cyborg aesthetics

The advanced world in which we live every day brings radical transformations in various areas of life (laboral, educational, personal, social, cultural, among others), which require humans to adapt to them almost immediately to the current of these dizzy changes that shape our cotidianeity.In this sense, the concept of liquid modernity, coined by sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, who refers to a malleable society, darkens, where the only permanent is change and takes strength the notion of individuality of the postmodern subject.In areas such as Science and Technology, this term has largely influenced, since the network society links its own advances and realizes the creation of cyborg aesthetics, humanoid robots and similar projects that aim to emulate human actions, highlighting the power of the human brain in the creation of these.The Red Society was born in the two last decades of the 19th century. From that moment on, experienced growth was exponential, since in just 20 years the number of Internet users increased (almost 5 billion in 2022). This great change that only lasts 20 years can be considered one of the greatest technological transformations in history, such as the invention of the railway, the imprenta or the whole process of the industrial revolution.This concept was defined by Manuel Castells (1998) as “the new social structure of the Information Age, based on networks of production, power and experience”. Having regard to this definition, each element mentioned has certain characteristics that are interconnected with each other and which are in his book The information age: economy, society and culture (vol. I) (1998):

• Social structure of the era of communication: The Network Society is the basis that determines the day to day of people, since it established and created new patterns of behavior. Around it, information flows emerged, which in turn produced millions of infinite connections made by individuals. Information and communication are power and the Red Society has enhanced this fact, as information creation is its material basis.
• Production relations: They are very connected to the interaction of man with nature and how it transforms to the generation of goods and services that satisfy their needs.
• Experience: It is the fundamental nucleus of human relations.
• Power relations: Power is understood as the ability to know the rest of individuals to exercise control over their minds. He is in the mind of the subject, by ende, according to which his ideals, thoughts and feelings will act in one way or another, so if one can enter his mind, they can control his actions.

• Combination of an evolved organism and a machine.
• Use of technology to improve your skills or senses.
• Adjustment to changes that require the body or the environment.
• Improved skills or new functions.
• Ability to continue to evolve.

• Neil Harbisson: It is known as the first human cyborg It was recognized as such by the British government. In fact, it appears with your artificial eye on your passport photo. To do so, he needed a medical report to confirm that his artificial eye was part of his body and needed it. He was born with acromatopsy, a problem that prevents him from seeing the colors, so I only saw in black, black and gray. That's why, implanted an antenna in his head, that allows you to “scuchar the colors”. In addition, it allows you to receive images and even calls in your body. Harbisson considers this as a new sense gained thanks to technology. He along with Moon Ribas are the Cyborg Foundation creators, whose goal is to extend human senses and capabilities with cyber added.

• Moon Ribas: Incorporated sensors into your arms so you can experience a real-time vibration in your body every time there is an earthquake on Earth. She called him a seismic sense. After a few years, he changed the place sensors and incorporated them into his feet. It also changed them from place to other parts of your body to experience the movement from another perspective. Sensors are connected to a seismograph online that transmits vibrations no matter where the earthquake is present. With these sensations, Ribas created various artistic works such as dances or recitals.

• Kevin Warwick: This professor of Cybernetics tried in 1998 an experience that I was looking for the connection of the human body with a computer. It was subjected to an operation to implant an RFID chip in its arm, whose goal was to obtain a communication between the systems of its body and the chip. In the midst of the experiment, several antennas were installed to receive the chip information at the university in which they worked. In addition, a computer was collecting data from the process that lasted 9 days. The project was called Cyborg 1.0But it didn't end there. In 2002, this evolved and denominated Cyborg 2.0. In this project, Warwick was deployed 100 electrodes to arm nerves that would bridge to collect the information sent to the brain. He wanted to convert the nerve signal by performing movements on a digital signal that could be managed with a computer.

• Rob Spence: He lost an eye when he was a child and decided that he wanted to regain his vision and ideate an electronic eye. Thus the idea of a protein eye was born It includes a video camera to record from your point of view. The eye has a concrete area to house the electronics. In addition, it is able to wirelessly send the images to a receiver. It also features a battery that can be recharged. This device has been called Eyeborg and has been constantly improved in recent years. The next goal is to confuse yourself with a natural eye. For now, Spence doesn't stand up connecting his eye to his brain. However, this would enhance the senses and even would get a better night view.