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Cyborg data mining
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<p>Cyborg data mining is the practice of collecting <a href="/facts/Data/AUBFN97o">data</a> produced by an implantable device that monitors bodily processes for commercial interests. As an <a href="/facts/Android_(robot)/JcEneeP9">android</a> is a human-like robot, a <a href="/facts/Cyborg/Ih2KzUEw">cyborg</a>, on the other hand, is an <a href="/facts/Organism/j8JkL09u">organism</a> whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical/electronic device that relies on some sort of <a href="/facts/Feedback/XnuWH3zp">feedback</a>. </p><p>Implantable <a href="/facts/Cybernetics/4qb58zbt">cybernetics</a> and <a href="/facts/Biomechatronics/2Q8kfbds">biomechatronics</a> are on course to be proliferated among the global population within the twenty-first century as the markets for implantable electronics are already huge and growing. The global market for <a href="/facts/Artificial_cardiac_pacemaker/b90Qt8ND">artificial cardiac pacemakers</a> (PMs) and <a href="/facts/Implantable_cardioverter-defibrillators/b5U5lH8K">implantable cardioverter-defibrillators</a> (ICDs) was approximately €8 billion in 2015, and is growing at 10% per year. Over 350 million people worldwide experience endemic diseases, <a href="/facts/Diabetes/2xeHXbsI">diabetes</a>, cardiac and renal failure, <a href="/facts/Hearing/EPYrVkSx">hearing</a> disorders, and <a href="/facts/Neurological_disorders/eQKKs7jX">neurological disorders</a>, thus making implantable technologies specific to these uses susceptible to increasingly higher demand. However, for the millions of cyborgs already equipped with body-enhancing technologies, namely PMs and ICDs, the <a href="/facts/Data_mining/AH53q5ac">data mining</a> of these technologies pertains to broader topics of <a href="/facts/Data_sovereignty/sG7BYbfo">data sovereignty</a>, data ownership rights, <a href="/facts/Privacy/C269YalS">privacy</a> and <a href="/facts/Security/B4uxkyxh">security</a>, and medical <a href="/facts/Research_and_development/2h5UddUu">research and development</a>. </p>