Human enhancement technologies

Definition
Human enhancement technologies (HET) are technologies used to temporarily or permanently overcome the current limitations of the human body through natural or artificial means. It is the use of technological means to select or alter human characteristics and capacities, whether or not the alteration results in characteristics and capacities that lie beyond the existing human range. Some bioethicists restrict the term to the non-therapeutic application of specific technologies &mdash; neuro-, cyber-, gene-, and nano-technologies — to human biology.