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CHAPTER EIGHT

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKS

The idea to merge human and computer capability into a symbiosis of interac-
tions - is indeed not a new idea. With the introduction of the computer in 1950s,
an overwhelming belief in the computer and its possibilities arised. The strong
conviction was generally accepted that the computer capacity would also possess
equally good qualities to the human-based knowledge. The computer and its inter-
action with human was discussed and futuristic solutions predicted a new glorious
era. Already in 1960, the following text was written by, Licklider (1960).

“It seems likely that the contributions of human operators and equipment will blend
together so completely in many operations that it will be difficult to separate them neatly
in analysis. That would be the case if, in gathering data on which to base a decision, for
example, both the man and the computer came up with relevant precedents from experience
and if the computer then suggested a course of action that agreed with the man's intuitive
judgment”.

Since that time, the developments of computer performance has been incred-
ible fast and is now expected to match human brain capacity within 10-20 years.
Then a possible conclusion, that the challenge for future technology driven de-
velopment in the field of artificial human based sensor systems is heavily related
to how we are able to meet the requirements of designing new sensor solutions
and bring new innovations into this field. The success of producing new innova-
tive sensor systems is also dependent on other factors, for example computational
organisation and functionality, costs and availability. However, a qualified conclu-
tion is still that:
There seems to be a clear indication that the challenge to successfully provide
advanced artificial sensor systems in symbiosis with human suggests that new
advanced products will be on the market within the next decade.
The development phase of providing new artificial supportive human-based
sensing systems, in conjunction with an acting performance, can with advantage
be used in designing new prosthesis device. The capacity of a sensing ability is
typically considered as complementary sensor systems relying on an information
flow, that may have a positive effect on a person with limited perceptual abilities.