Benefits and Risks of Applying Internet of Bodies Technology (IoB)

Abstract

Recent technological advances have enabled the emergence of new Internet of Bodies (IoB) technology, as an extension of the Internet of Things technology, where the Internet of Things connects to the human body through a large number of convenient devices and sensors attached or even implanted in the human body. This technology and its rapid spread as a network of human bodies and big data through connected sensors, offers enormous social and health benefits, but at the same time initiates new challenges in technology management. With the help of these devices, IoB technology creates huge amounts of biometric data, as well as data related to human behavior, which inevitably leads to the transformation of not only health research but also other aspects of social life, such as IoB technology in fitness or health management, all the way to jobs and entertainment. At the same time, IoB technology generates new challenges related to data management related to the privacy and sovereignty of the individual, as well as new risks of discrimination and bias in the field of employment, education, finance, use of health insurance services, etc.