Cyborgs Among Us
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 8 of May , 2009 at 5:16 pm
You may have noticed that I’ve been a little slow on the posting for the past couple days, the reason being that my girlfriend has been in the hospital getting turned into a cyborg. Technically, she is a restorative cyborg, as opposed to an enhanced cyborg, since the implant she just got (it’s called Enterra) is designed to help make her stomach work like it’s supposed to (rather than give her stomach the ability to digest nuclear waste). Her implant is invisible from the outside (it comes with its own wireless remote control), but the X-Ray above shows it pretty well.
It’s probably not something you think about much, but cyborgs are everywhere nowadays. Everyone with a pacemaker is, strictly speaking, part robot. Medical science is just getting its feet wet when it comes to the potential offered by electromechanical devices, and pretty soon cyborg enhancements will likely become medically (and socially) acceptable. I can’t wait.
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Comment by Blaed
Made Sunday, 10 of May , 2009 at 1:54 am
WOOHOO! I also can’t wait to replace my body with cybernetic parts, though marketing to the public could be greatly limited as the prospects of extending life to an indefinite length could cause a population explosion. The best thing to do in that case would be to make cyborgs the explorers and colonizers of the universe! I’d like to imagine it would be around my lifetime, but i’m not too optomistic
Comment by Melissa
Made Sunday, 10 of May , 2009 at 11:57 am
As a cyborg, I will happily volunteer to explore/colonize the universe.
Comment by Trevor
Made Wednesday, 30 of March , 2011 at 1:30 pm
Fully functional human being here, completely willing to volunteer for dangerous cybernetic enhancements on condition of unlimited free upgrades and full mental download/backup.
