• Question: will there be cyborgs one day?

    Asked by dondon1 to Cathy, Jaz, Mark, Roma, Rory on 24 Jun 2014.
    • Photo: Mark Greaves

      Mark Greaves answered on 24 Jun 2014:


      Maybe some creatures or others beings may appear in the future…who knows!?!
      I hope I’m not around when they arrive though

    • Photo: Roma Agrawal

      Roma Agrawal answered on 24 Jun 2014:


      Cyborgs or Cylons? Cylons may already be among us…

    • Photo: Rory Hadden

      Rory Hadden answered on 24 Jun 2014:


      Maybe there already are – look out! Just kidding!

      In truth, I think so. We are getting very good at helping people with mobility issues by developing exoskeletons (support for movement from the outside of the body) so it’s only a very short step. I don’t think they will be called cyborgs though – that sounds too evil!

      Rory

    • Photo: Cathy Fraser

      Cathy Fraser answered on 25 Jun 2014:


      Possibly not called that – but yes!
      As Rory said, bio-engineering had developed some seriously cool robotic inventions to help people with mobility issues, and also for developing robotic prosthetics – perhaps they’re not too far away!

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