This article was taken from the March 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. "I'm a cyborg, and so are you," says 24-year-old Amber Case (pictured). "Up until the information age, tools augmented the physical self. Now we have mental augmentation -- we're able to meet people's brains before we meet their bodies." Case examines how people interact via mobile phones and social networks, a research area that she calls "cyborg anthropology".
In December, at TEDWomen in Washington, Case argued that we now have two selves: one digital, one physical.
Her latest project merges the two. Geoloqi, released in January, is a mobile and web platform that allows you to share your location and, as Case puts it, "to send a message to your future self". If you drop a note on the supermarket in Google Maps telling you to pick up tea, then when your GPS-enabled phone enters the store, you'll receive the note as an SMS. "It's a button you walk into -- a button in the air."
Name: Amber CaseOccupation: CyborgLocation: Portland, OregonWhy she's important: You'll never forget tea again
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