The objective of this study is to provide an overview over the ethical issues relevant to the assessment, implementation, and use of smart-glasses. The purpose of the overview is to facilitate deliberation, decision making, and the formation of knowledge and norms for this emerging technology. An axiological question-based method for human cognitive enhancement including an extensive literature search on smart-glasses is used to identify relevant ethical issues. The search is supplemented with relevant ethical issues identified in the literature on human cognitive enhancement (in general) and in the study of the technical aspects of smart-glasses. Identified papers were subject to traditional content analysis: 739 references were identified of which 247 were regarded as relevant for full text examinations, and 155 were included in the study. A wide variety of ethical issues with smart-glasses have been identified, such as issues related to privacy, safety, justice, change in human agency, accountability, responsibility, social interaction, power and ideology. Smart-glasses are envisioned to change individual human identity and behavior as well as social interaction. Taking these issues into account appears to be relevant when developing, deliberating, deciding on, implementing, and using smart-glasses.
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- Eyeglasses ethics standards trends MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers ethics trends MeSH
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- Humans MeSH
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- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
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- Biomechanical Phenomena MeSH
- Financing, Organized MeSH
- Electronics, Medical methods instrumentation trends MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Locomotion physiology MeSH
- Microcomputers trends utilization MeSH
- Optics and Photonics methods instrumentation MeSH
- Computer Terminals utilization MeSH
- Robotics methods instrumentation utilization MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
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- Electroencephalography trends utilization MeSH
- Electrocardiography trends utilization MeSH
- Fractals MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers trends utilization MeSH
- Computer Systems trends utilization MeSH
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted MeSH
- Statistics as Topic MeSH
- Models, Theoretical MeSH
- Tomography methods trends utilization MeSH
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- Humans MeSH
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- Diabetes Mellitus MeSH
- Expert Systems * MeSH
- Insulin Infusion Systems utilization MeSH
- Intensive Care Units * MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Metabolic Diseases * MeSH
- Microcomputers trends utilization MeSH
- Computers utilization MeSH
- Statistics as Topic MeSH
- Models, Theoretical MeSH
- Artificial Intelligence trends utilization MeSH
- Medical Informatics Applications MeSH
- Feedback MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
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- Electroencephalography methods utilization MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers * trends utilization MeSH
- Brain Diseases * diagnosis MeSH
- Computer Peripherals MeSH
- Plethysmography, Impedance * methods instrumentation utilization MeSH
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted MeSH
- Software MeSH
- Statistics as Topic MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
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- Analog-Digital Conversion MeSH
- Diagnostic Imaging trends MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers * trends utilization MeSH
- Computer Peripherals MeSH
- Plethysmography, Impedance * methods instrumentation utilization MeSH
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted MeSH
- Pattern Recognition, Automated * MeSH
- Software MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
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- Diagnostic Imaging methods utilization MeSH
- Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac methods trends utilization MeSH
- Epicardial Mapping * methods trends utilization MeSH
- Heart Function Tests * methods utilization MeSH
- Cardiovascular System MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers * trends utilization MeSH
- Computer Peripherals trends utilization MeSH
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- MeSH
- Algorithms MeSH
- Databases, Factual MeSH
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures trends MeSH
- Electroencephalography utilization MeSH
- Expert Systems * instrumentation MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microcomputers * trends utilization MeSH
- Computer Simulation MeSH
- Computing Methodologies MeSH
- Programming Languages MeSH
- Knowledge Bases * MeSH
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- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Review MeSH
