[Dr. Zaius]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

The first cyborg pet has been invented to help keep cyborg men from getting lonely:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_a...t/10404251.stm

"We have managed to get the bone and skin to grow into the implant and we have developed an 'exoprosthesis' that allows this implant to work as a see-saw on the bottom of an animal's limbs to give him effectively normal gait."

[Talitha]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

No actually they don't. They do not take credit for such a thing, the actions they are preforming are for the betterment of man. Do you seriously think for a moment that what they do can compare to the almightly power of God by sayiong that they are preforming acts of
God you are saying that his powers are within our reach which belittles his power. What threy are doing is within the realm of mans ability which makes it acceptable, some advancements may be abused but others are to help those suffering from terminal illness or mental disability when it can be cured. Take this forum for example two hundred years ago the idea of sending a message at the speed of light around the world would seem an impossible action possaible only by the powers of God. So are you being a hypocrit?

The Internet is indeed a gift from God. It allows us to tell everyone around the World about Jesus

[Kelderan]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

This is so far fetched.
These Scientists think they can be God.

It'll never happen.

No actually they don't. They do not take credit for such a thing, the actions they are preforming are for the betterment of man. Do you seriously think for a moment that what they do can compare to the almightly power of God by sayiong that they are preforming acts of
God you are saying that his powers are within our reach which belittles his power. What threy are doing is within the realm of mans ability which makes it acceptable, some advancements may be abused but others are to help those suffering from terminal illness or mental disability when it can be cured. Take this forum for example two hundred years ago the idea of sending a message at the speed of light around the world would seem an impossible action possaible only by the powers of God. So are you being a hypocrit?

[Nobar King]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

It can transmit the images you see to the central server. Beware!!

Bio-electronic implant seeks to restore partial sight

Posted Mar 12th 2008

We've seen initiatives all over the globe created in an attempt to beat blindness, but researchers based at MIT are feeling fairly confident that their development is within a few years of being able to "restore partial sight to people who have slowly gone blind because of degenerative diseases of the retina." The bio-electronic implant, which is about the size of a pencil eraser, would actually sit behind the retina at the back of the eyeball, and images would be transmitted to the brain "via a connector the width of a human hair." As it stands, an FDA grant application is already in the works, and the scientists are hoping to have it implanted in an animal as early as this summer. Still, the solution only works for folks who "were once able to see and have partially intact optic nerve cells" -- those who were blind from birth or suffer from glaucoma are unfortunately ineligible for the procedure.

[Nobar King]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

Don't hold your breath if you think YOU are going to get any of this stuff:

UCLA researchers create self-healing, power-generating artificial muscle


Mar 22nd 2008

We've seen self-healing materials and artificial arms, but a team of researchers hailing from UCLA have taken two fabulous ideas and wed them together to create "an artificial muscle that heals itself and generates electricity." Put simply, the contracting / expanding of the material can generate a small electric current, which can be "captured and used to power another expansion or stored in a battery." The scientists have relied on carbon nanotubes as electrodes rather than metal-based films that typically fail after extended usage, and in an ideal world, the research could eventually lead to (more) walking robots and highly advanced prosthetics. Integrate an AC adapter in there and we're sold.

Artificial Muscle Heals Itself, Charges IPod

Eric Bland, Discovery News

March 19, 2008 -- Researchers in California have created an artificial muscle that heals itself and generates electricity.

The research, parts of which are already being used in Japan to generate electricity from ocean waves, could be used to make walking robots, develop better prosthetics, or even charge your iPod. "We've made an artificial muscle that, when you apply electricity to it, it expands" more than 200 percent, said Qibing Pei, a scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles and study author. "The motion and energy is a lot like human muscles."


Artificial muscles have been around for years but have essentially hamstrung themselves. Some artificial muscles get so big they tear, developing uneven film thickness and random particles that cause muscle failure. The researchers used flexible, ever-more ubiquitous carbon nanotubes as electrodes instead of other films, often metal-based, that fail after repeated use. If an area of the carbon nanotube fails, the region around it seals itself by becoming non-conductive and prevents the fault from spreading to other areas.


"During long-term tests with the new device the actual material experiences a number of events but still worked," said Pei. By "events" Pei actually means they stabbed the artificial muscle with pins. Any other artificial muscle would have failed, but their model kept operating.


The self-healing muscle is also energy efficient. "It conserves about 70 percent of the energy you put into it," said Pei. As the material contracts after an expansion the rearranging of the carbon nanotubes generates a small electric current that can be captured and used to power another expansion or stored in a battery.


Scientists in Japan charge batteries from ocean waves using the same idea. Other scientists have speculated that the artificial muscle could be used to capture wind energy. "The way he's put these carbon nanotubes together is really quite innovative," said Kwang Kim, a material scientist at the University of Reno who was not involved in the research. "Some people want to use this to charge their batteries."

[Nobar King]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

Do you want a robot to be in charge of your surgical team? Do you?

Researchers add eye control to Da Vinci robosurgeon


Mar 23rd 2008


Eye-controlled interfaces are far from revolutionary, but giving one of the world's most famous robotic surgeons the ability to interpret eye movements is most definitely a huge leap forward in the pursuit of making operations less invasive. Reportedly, British researchers have implemented new software into the Da Vinci robosurgeon in order to enable human surgeons to "sit at a viewing console directing the movement of the robot's mechanical arms inside the patient's body." Additionally, the program can track eye movements and "build up a 3D map of the area of tissue the surgeon is looking at," and it seems as if the developments could eventually be used on a variety of other ER-based robots. Just make sure your doctor chugs a couple of Red Bulls before putting you under -- wouldn't want those eyes wandering aimlessly, now would we? (Psst, "no-go zones" are included, thankfully.)

[Stridex Puss Bucket]

Can you just explain how the date when there is a cure for AIDS is related to biomodification? O Genius...

May the Lord grant me patience with idiots.

because don't you think it would be easier to cure AIDS, than fully biomodify a human being anytime soon

Did you mean body biomodification?

sorry I thought I hit the comma key

[Nobar King]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

buddy biomodification

Did you mean body biomodification?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

were're probably not going to have a cure for AIDS till 2050, so the chances of biomodification coming out are slim to none

Can you just explain how the date when there is a cure for AIDS is related to biomodification? O Genius...

May the Lord grant me patience with idiots.

[Stridex Puss Bucket]

buddy biomodification aint going to happen anytime soon
were're probably not going to have a cure for AIDS till 2050, so the chances of biomodification coming out are slim to none

[ForGodsSake]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

Why hello Luminon Saman, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
well on a serious note, not likely going to happen while we are alive
infact, I doubt this will happen for 50+ years
and will probably have killed each other in a nuclear holocoust by then
so don't worry

Gee hello ray of sunshine, i see your input in this is enlightening. Anything else you wish to add, or has your brain sizzzzzzzled.

[Stridex Puss Bucket]

Why hello Luminon Saman, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
well on a serious note, not likely going to happen while we are alive
infact, I doubt this will happen for 50+ years
and will probably have killed each other in a nuclear holocoust by then
so don't worry

[ForGodsSake]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

I am thinking about these soldiers with the eye implant. Could you imagine the flash backs you would have later on. It would be like chasing mega bots around you house thinking you still had a computer in your head.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

These Scientists think they can be God...

…but they are of the devil. No-one mentions the battery to power this thing which, I suspect, will be the size of a car battery and inserted into an orifice.

Da:7:15: I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
[…]
Da:7:28: Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

Nothing good will come of it.

[Talitha]

Re: Don't allow scientists to turn men into cyborgs

This is so far fetched.
These Scientists think they can be God.

It'll never happen.