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Posted by littlewolf on 08-01-2014 at 11:01:
Cyborg Professor
just in case you haven't heard about him yet
Professor Steve Mann of the University of Toronto is the world's first true cyborg, a melding of man and machine. A super computer he is plugged into allows him to control body functions by thought, instantly take measurements that would require teams of scientists and allows him such beyond human senses as radar. He predicts he is the first of a new evolution of humans.
Saw a documentary about him several months ago and it was interesting.
http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=47dde4a480e22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann
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Posted by ChrisW on 08-01-2014 at 23:10:
I'm not sure I agree that he's a cyborg. He wears stuff all the time but to me a cyborg has it surgically integrated into their bodies. (Maybe he does but I don't recall reading/hearing that.)
So far there seems to be more enthusiasm for wearing such gear than being filmed by it. Google Glass ran into that issue.
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Posted by Becky Rock on 11-01-2014 at 20:30:
I agree with Chris. I thought to be called a cyborg your body had have integrated cybernetic parts. Technically, anyone whose had a joint replaced could be considered a cyborg.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 11-01-2014 at 23:51:
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Hey, I'm a cyborg! Cool!
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Posted by Becky Rock on 12-01-2014 at 00:55:
As much as I'd love to be one, I'm trying to avoid my RA getting bad enough to need to replace any joints.
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Posted by lborgia88 on 14-01-2014 at 04:43:
Very interesting!
I confess that when I saw the thread title, though, my first thought was "Dr. Nambu as a cyborg?" (I guess "professor" and "Dr." are close, in my mind).
Now I've got vague plot bunnies in my head of Dr. Nambu becoming a cyborg... 
Posted by ChrisW on 14-01-2014 at 05:01:
lborgia: Those have to be some interesting plot bunnies! Can't wait to see where those lead. 
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Posted by Redbird on 14-01-2014 at 12:28:
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Oooh definitely! Go for it, LB!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 14-01-2014 at 15:46:
No wonder he thought of that great centrifuge idea! It would have worked for a cyborg brain... 
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Posted by Becky Rock on 15-01-2014 at 00:24:
I think that time he had been drinking too much.
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Posted by gatchamarie on 19-01-2014 at 10:23:
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More
from my part! As the others said, I can't wait to see where this idea could go!
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 19-01-2014 at 21:56:
Cyborg Nambu returns from the dead and kicks Egobossler's ass for killing him.
Then he and Joe test whether or not they can get drunk.
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Posted by gatchamarie on 20-01-2014 at 09:16:
That's really a good premise, UW! It would have been a better and more honourable end for Egobossler instead of being pegged against Sosai Z's walls after he had realised that he had been played and betrayed! *Chuckles* ... now I'm imagining Nambu and Joe doing that aftermath, drinking scene!
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