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Cyborg A cyborg is traditionally defined as an organism that is an integration of artificial and natural systems. That does not have to mean the cyborg is physical. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Results by page [1] Cyborg athletes ? part organic, part machine ? are slowly, surreptitiously creeping into being. From simple biometric monitors and augmented reality display systems, to sprinters with no legs. ![]() It would be years before Borg, the cyborg, walks the streets. But accidents have forced two individuals to consider implanting eye-cams in their prosthetic eyes. A speculative, low scientific content book, focussing on the humorous aspects of life with humanoid robots, cyborg mixtures and pure humans. It examines current technologies up to the end of 2008, and then draws conclusions about possible futures based on sci-fi in film and novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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A new site, calling itself Cyborg Web Shop has launched, offering all manner of plausible augments for the human form. Upgrade your eyes, your larynx, your brain?s neural circuitry, smog filte...
(24/06/2009) The human brain may be able to include cyborg implants in its representation of the body. When we use tools, our brains incorporate them into the mental body map, researchers at University of Claude Bernard in France have found.
(27/11/2008)
Gold leaf doesn't grow on trees, but it can now harvest power from the Sun. A team of US chemical engineers has extracted photosynthetic molecules from plants and attached them to thin sheets of gold, creating a photosynthesising cyborg.
(31/12/2008)
Engineers have been attempting to gain control of insects' bodies for some time, to act as discreet spies or to take advantage of their advanced sense of smell to detect chemicals or explosives. To do this, researchers impla...
(14/11/2004)
Part of a mission to create robots that are good at exploring planets independently has European scientists sending a primative 'cyborg' to explore Spain. Researchers at the Centre for Astrobiology near Madrid kitted out a ...
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