The Man with a Cyborg Hand

by Socrates on December 3, 2009 · Comments

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Scientists hail robotic hand ‘breakthrough’

A group of European scientists have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb, and control it by thought.

During a month of experiments, the patient made complex movements using only his brain. It is being heralded as a scientific breakthrough.

BBC News Report

Isn’t that just another piece of evidence that we are witnessing biology being replaced by technology?

What are the implications to the human race?

Just when do we stop to be human?

At what point does the human (world) become the cyborg (world)?


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