A 405 page report from US National Science Foundation and Commerce Department calls for expanding human intelligence and communication through the convergence of nanotechnology, biology, IT, and cognitive science. BoingBoing’s Mark writes: “People may download their consciousnesses into computers or into bodies on the other side of the solar system, or participate in a giant ‘hive mind’ — a network of intelligences connected through ultra fast communications networks.”

One BoingBoing reader has already remarked: “Fantastic. In twenty year’s time, we can be Borg.”

Full report: CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES
FOR IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE (PDF)