DESCRIPTION
In this activity, participants will encounter bionic eyes, memory erasers, mood-sensing earbuds, and other future neurotechnologies with unknown societal impacts. After using tokens to vote on technology cards based on their own thoughts and values, participant will step into the shoes of another person to reconsider their initial choices. The game will foster conversations on how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how neurotechnologies are developed and adopted. Blank technology and people cards are included to invite participants to design their own technologies and describe themselves, respectively. Game adaptations are also included for large groups.
DESCRIPTION
In this activity, participants will encounter bionic eyes, memory erasers, mood-sensing earbuds, and other future neurotechnologies with unknown societal impacts. After using tokens to vote on technology cards based on their own thoughts and values, participant will step into the shoes of another person to reconsider their initial choices. The game will foster conversations on how technologies and society influence each other and how people’s values shape how neurotechnologies are developed and adopted. Blank technology and people cards are included to invite participants to design their own technologies and describe themselves, respectively. Game adaptations are also included for large groups.
TRAINING VIDEOS
OBJECTIVES
BIG IDEA
1. How might future brain technologies change our society?
2. How can we include many diverse perspectives and priorities in the development of brain technologies?
LEARNING GOALS
People’s values determine which technologies are developed and used.
New technologies change society, sometimes in unexpected ways.
Scientists, engineers, and designers use their creativity to invent things and imagine the future, just like you do.
Brain research benefits from many perspectives, including yours.
DOWNLOAD FILES
- Neuro Futures Card Game facilitator guide (PDF)
- Neuro Futures Technology Cards (PDF)
- Neuro Futures Technology Cards pro (PDF)
- Neuro Futures People Cards (PDF)
- Neuro Futures People Cards pro (PDF)
- Neuro Futures Card Game table sign (PDF)
- Printing instructions for Neuro Futures Card Game (PDF)
BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES
Credits
Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the Dana Foundation.
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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