Human augmentation

So would I.

If it did exist:

- it would be VERY expensive to install
- it would be hard to maintain and repair
- it would be banned from normal competition
- it would give you serious back problems, because of how heavy the metal is

If somehow I got my leg sawed off, I probably would like to have it. But otherwise, I'd rather not have it because of the reasons I stated above

Artificial replacements for organs would be nice, it would prolong life to have replacements if something screws up, also an artificial brain that can transport all the information and identity from my brain, basically its how you end up being immortal, if the body rots away you can always put your brain into another body. Also some people should get a self-destruction button, so my dream of a person that is plainly stupid or annoying just blowing up is no longer a dream.

We won't see anything too extreme in the near future, maybe a wannabe cyborg Dick Cheney, future generations might be have something available for the super rich.
Nothing worth scratching our heads about.

In my opinion it is inevitable that the human fuses with technology. It's already happening.

Yes it should be used, too many people have disabilities from accidents, war wounds, and birth defects to not want to try and take advantage of it. Plus the economical use of it would be enormous by providing a multitude of new jobs.

I think for proper movement of like limbs or an eye will still be far from current technology the nerve things will be a problem. If it is available and affordable aids language and limbs will be a great help.

There is already a movie producer with a mechanical eye that also has a high quality movie camera installed.

As of right now I'm fine with the way we're currently experimenting with human augmentations after seeing the Deus Ex Eyeborg documentary. My guess is that human augmentations will, if they aren't already, start to be more regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services here in the U.S. It'll take us at least a few more years to see how augmentations will evolve, but I doubt that we'll be able to see augmentations designed to improve performance over a regular human body since most prosthesis today are designed to just help alleviate the disadvantages to those who have lost certain limbs. Military augmentations probably won't be seen until regular augmentations are common.

Then again, DARPA is crazy.



In the world we live in, it'll probably cause you more trouble than it's worth. I can imagine someone with that being stopped at the TSA and spending thousands of dollars cleaning and maintaining it just to use it once every so often for tricks like cutting an apple.



I wouldn't go around assuming what "god" (which?) would and would not be ok with, especially if your opinion in this topic is based solely upon what "god" approves of.

I'm curious about why you think only the brain is off-limits. Following your reasoning earlier, shouldn't brain augmentations be fine just as well?