The Internet of Consciousness
Where technology and consciousness meet.
The Internet of Consciousness ecosystem is an exploration from Elaine Cheung into the intersection of where technology and consciousness meet. It grapples with questions of subjective reality and perception, new understandings of altered states and imprints of experience on one’s consciousness. Experiments and research determined how societal's fixation on experientially altering the mind could serve as templates for design using consciousness as a vehicle. This allows for exploration of speculative future therapy and assistive technologies that infuse holistic health practices with wearable and interactive technology.
It takes a self reflective, therapeutic approach, reimagining technology of the body as sensing the hidden and provoking us into new states of awareness. This thesis explores the changing the landscape around altered consciousness and new possibilities in cognition. Initial research into various psychedelic communities and psychoactive substances, their users and tangible effects gave insight into the wide spectrum of human perception. Research on consciousness have been synthesized into a suite of wearable devices that reemphasize these systems as mind-altering experiences.
