{"id":1943,"date":"2020-05-30T19:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T02:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2020-05-30T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T02:02:42","slug":"future-baby-apps-to-designer-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/30\/future-baby-apps-to-designer-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Baby Apps to Designer Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/virtual.educ.ubc.ca\/wp\/etec523\/author\/kelly-nichols\/\">kelly nichols<\/a> on June 1, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a variety of free apps available that state they can determine the facial features of an unborn child simply by using a picture of the prospective parents.&nbsp; A quick glance at the ratings and reviews and we know that the technology isn\u2019t there yet, but are we that far off?&nbsp; I recently took the 23&amp;Me Health and Ancestry kit and was surprised at how accurately they described my present health, development, and ancestry; all from a small tube of spit.&nbsp; If and when the technology arrives, will designer babies be propelled into the mainstream?&nbsp; Will we evolve (or devolve) from swiping left and right to find a spouse, to swapping pictures with prospective partners in an attempt to identify the potential healthiness and beauty of our unborn children?&nbsp; How will societies ideals of the optimal child then shape the future human race?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/virtual.educ.ubc.ca\/wp\/etec565m\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1512\/files\/sites\/1512\/2018\/06\/Baby-Maker.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46296\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baby Maker: Predicts baby face \u2013 Apps on Google Play. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.xycore.BabyMaker&amp;hl=en_CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted by kelly nichols on June 1, 2018 There are a variety of free apps available that state they can determine the facial features&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/30\/future-baby-apps-to-designer-babies\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Future Baby Apps to Designer Babies<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":71800,"featured_media":1944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobileculture","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71800"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1945,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions\/1945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}