{"id":247030,"date":"2026-11-10T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/what-is-human-augmentation-explanation-definition-and-examples-peter-joosten-msc"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:06:06","slug":"what-is-human-augmentation-explanation-definition-and-examples-peter-joosten-msc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/what-is-human-augmentation-explanation-definition-and-examples-peter-joosten-msc","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS HUMAN AUGMENTATION? \u2014 Explanation, Definition, and Examples | Peter Joosten MSc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe title=\"WHAT IS HUMAN AUGMENTATION? \u2014 Explanation, Definition, and Examples | Peter Joosten MSc\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qD5yj0U-pXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What is human augmentation? The definition of human augmentation, 4 examples (like protheses, exoskeletons and communication with machines) and the concept of the Augmented Human.<\/p>\n<p>Please leave a comment if you like the video or when you have a question!<\/p>\n<p>Content:<br \/> 0:00 Introduction.<br \/> 0:25 My story about the movie Edge of Tomorrow.<br \/> 1:58 Definition human augmentation.<br \/> 3:26 Differences with biohacking and transhumanism.<br \/> 4:33 Difference with human enhancement.<br \/> 5:36 Examples (4x): replacement, support, improvement, and communication.<br \/> 5:53 One: Replacement, like protheses.<br \/> 6:47 Two: Support, like exoskeletons.<br \/> 8:05 Three: Improvement, like smart glasses.<br \/> 9:11 Four: Communication like brain-computer interfacing.<br \/> 10:19 Concept of Augmented Human (University of Tampere, 2019)<br \/> 12:34 Conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 Want to know more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterjoosten.org\/what-is-\">https:\/\/www.peterjoosten.org\/what-is\u2013<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaf Subscribe to my channel:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/peterjoosten.org\/youtube-en\">https:\/\/peterjoosten.org\/youtube-en<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce9 Subscribe to my newsletter:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/what-is-human-augmentation-explanation-definition-and-examples-peter-joosten-msc\">Continue reading \u201cWHAT IS HUMAN AUGMENTATION? \u2014 Explanation, Definition, and Examples | Peter Joosten MSc\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is human augmentation? The definition of human augmentation, 4 examples (like protheses, exoskeletons and communication with machines) and the concept of the Augmented Human. Please leave a comment if you like the video or when you have a question! Content: 0:00 Introduction. 0:25 My story about the movie Edge of Tomorrow. 1:58 Definition human [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,1523,1499,47,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-computing","category-cyborgs","category-neuroscience","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}