Cyborgs.

[нэllśing]

After years of sci-fi nuts and phony professors claiming they have built a cyborg *part machine, part living tissue* it would appear that someone has actually done it.

It can't do very much and it's incredibly inefficient but it actually does use biological material to communicate with machinery to some practical end. What is it? The brain stem of a bloodsucking fish called a lamprey stuck in an oxygenated salt solution and connected to a robot.

What does it do? Detect light and then turn to face it. If a light shines on it, the brain sends out an electronic pulse. This is sent through a microprocessor which causes the robots wheels to move and face the light source.

Full link here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04...actually_made/

[The Voice]

How is that any different from VR (Virtual Reality) Technology?

If the definition of a cyborg is to "use biological material to communicate with machinery to some practical end," then everybody with a Nintendo Wii qualifies.

If you want to see cyborgs, look no further than the mechanical apparatuses that injured soldiers returning from Iraq are being outfitted with. Those devices are powered by electrical impulses from the brain.

It wouldn't surprise me if, in the near future, the Armed Forces began equipping our soldiers with such devices prior to battle.

Terminator indeed.

[нэllśing]

Lol The Terminator is a scary thought but as far as military advancement goes, it would rock. Im actually surprised they dont have the lesser version of that out already.

[ItsFrank]

Originally Posted by The Voice

If the definition of a cyborg is to "use biological material to communicate with machinery to some practical end," then everybody with a Nintendo Wii qualifies.

Yessss, cyborgs ftw

[The Girl From Ipanema]

Is it like that 7 of 9 character of off star trek: voyager??

I always loved that show....it was sooo cool when I was a kid but now I find it somewhat bland

[ItsFrank]

Originally Posted by The Girl From Ipanema

Is it like that 7 of 9 character of off star trek: voyager??

I always loved that show....it was sooo cool when I was a kid but now I find it somewhat bland

..are you talking about cyborgs, or The Terminator?

[The Girl From Ipanema]

Originally Posted by ItsFrank

..are you talking about cyborgs, or The Terminator?

STAR TREK

not terminator

i dont know if im talking about cyborgs...thats why i asked....like that woman "7 of 9" was her name...and she was a human but like a robot at the same time..she had skin and hair like a human and the body of a human but she had robotic parts...it was weird

[ItsFrank]

Originally Posted by The Girl From Ipanema

STAR TREK

not terminator

i dont know if im talking about cyborgs...thats why i asked....like that woman "7 of 9" was her name...and she was a human but like a robot at the same time..she had skin and hair like a human and the body of a human but she had robotic parts...it was weird

Yo, read.

Originally Posted by The Voice

...the definition of a cyborg is to "use biological material to communicate with machinery to some practical end,"...

There's what a cyborg is.

[The Girl From Ipanema]

Originally Posted by ItsFrank

Yo, read.



There's what a cyborg is.

Ugh....I DID ****ING READ

but I'm still confused...I mean it sounds the same, but how can one know for sure?

I know they referred to themselves as borgs ....if I remember correcdtly

[ßäbý ®ü±h]

Originally Posted by The Girl From Ipanema

Ugh....I DID ****ING READ

but I'm still confused...I mean it sounds the same, but how can one know for sure?

I know they referred to themselves as borgs ....if I remember correcdtly

They did.

Every single one of them could hear the thoughts of all the rest, and that other chick one was the queen.

7 of 9 was hot.
Even with the metal on her eyebrow.

Not like I watch Star Trek or anything.