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Offline Unknown Target

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Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW78wbN-WuU&feature=player_embedded

Cool documentary I'm watching, commissioned by Square Enix about human augmentation.

A friend and I were talking about getting some sort of augmentation, he wanted that thing where they put a magnet in your fingertip so you can sense EM fields. I thought it was pretty cool and might consider it myself.

What about you folks? :)

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
Icarus Landing System, FTW. ;7

 
Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
Losing a limb doesn't seem half bad after watching that.

(presuming you're filthy rich)

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
I don't know how you get selected, but most advanced prosthetics like those are one off custom experiments. I don't think the patient pays since they're sort of serving as lab rats.

 

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I love the Deus Ex series.

The direction they took this in kind of reminds me of something akin to Battle Angel Alita: The Prequel.

Loved that series.

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
id like to get augmented once the limbs are superior to natural ones, no ageing you know n stuff. :)
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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
This came up on reddit today:



http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/k0tvt/hey_reddit_check_out_my_new_prosthetic_leg/

In the comments it seems like it was $46,000? Yowza

Ashrak, I dunno; your brain would still age, as would your internal organs. Plus your prosthetic leg would have power requirements I imagine; which makes me think, in the video the guy mentioned his leg having a microprocessor. Where does that and the electronic components get their energy from?

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
I'll see your 46k and raise you one http://www.openprosthetics.org
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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
That's awesome, linked that to a friend of mine, he'll love it.

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
As demonstrated by that crazy German girl that put the magnetic sensors in her fingers, the brain is a very flexible organ, and able to adapt to new senses.  So why cant they basically plug a camera into your optic nerve and let your brain figure out the rest?  And yes, I saw the chip-in-retina guy, I mean basically bypassing the retina entirely.
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I can't help but hear a shotgun cocking with this.

 

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Re: Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary - Human augmentation now/future
I've thought about that. I think one of the issues is finding a way to put that stuff in without having your body reject it.

  

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As demonstrated by that crazy German girl that put the magnetic sensors in her fingers, the brain is a very flexible organ, and able to adapt to new senses.  So why cant they basically plug a camera into your optic nerve and let your brain figure out the rest?  And yes, I saw the chip-in-retina guy, I mean basically bypassing the retina entirely.

You'd have to do this to a baby if it was to have any chance of working. I think you'd lose too much plasticity in the visual cortex and other relevant areas if you waited too long.