Do you ever feel lonely or sad and just need someone to listen?

Well, this might be your solution: The brand new listening-plant, PEKOPPA!

Pekoppa is an electronic plant that nods after you told it something. While the magic 8-Ball provides you with actual answers to your question, Pekoppa will listen and give you strength in showing sympathies.

Do you think, the fact that this gadget was invented in Japan is an indicator for a sustaining social isolation in the country?

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In season 2 of Star Trek The next Generation a new alien race gets introduced: The Borg.
The borg are of humanoid nature but developed a way to connect artificial components with their body. Individuality is given up to reach the perfect collective action. If you don’t know the borg, you can read more about them here.

I couldn’t help but wonder: Could the borg be a preview of our future?

More and more our lives are influenced by technology and also by optimizing the human body. Are cardiac pacemakers and hearing aids just the beginning? The opportunities are growing. How long will it be until we start replacing our eyes with electronic seeing devices? Is the vision of the bionic man nearer than we think?

Soon we won’t have to use passports or creditcards, everything will be provided through our fingerprint. How soon until we no longer have to make decisions on our own, to live our lives for us? Will the collective thinking be the way out of the world’s misery?

Let me know what you think!

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