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Cyborg tech - Coggle Diagram
Cyborg tech
Definition
"Cybernetic organism"
First used in a 1960 paper on space travel
Purpose: Adapting to new environments
Evolved mechanical body parts
Real-life cyborgs
Rob Spence
Injured one of his eyes in an accident
Prosthetic eye with a camera implanted in his eye socket
Uses his camera to record what he sees
Larry Hester
His eye left is blind for over 30 years
Implant special glasses to connect his optic nerve
By this device, he can make out the shapes of objects
Michael Chorost
Lost his ability to hear in 2001
Doctors placed a cochlear implant inside his skull
This type of implant connects to auditory nerves and allows him to hear again
Mann
His equipment cover the advertisements with things he actually wanted to see
Creates 36kg of wearable computer equipment
Reduced his invention down to the size of a pair of glasses
Eyetap is permanently attached to his head
Are we all cyborgs?
People who use computer or smartphone is a cyborg
You can communicate with friends and family via social networks
Are we too dependent on cyborg technology?