Comments on: Engineering Extra Senses: Technology and the Human Body http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/engineering-extra-senses-technology-and-the-human-body/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=engineering-extra-senses-technology-and-the-human-body Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: thankgodforpbsandnpr http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/engineering-extra-senses-technology-and-the-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-26466 thankgodforpbsandnpr Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146266#comment-26466 Anyone who implants a magnet into their body should wear a "medical alert" bracelet or necklace in case they are incapacitated by a medical emergency and their doctor orders an MRI.  Sounds like an unlikely scenario, but stranger things have happened. Anyone who implants a magnet into their body should wear a “medical alert” bracelet or necklace in case they are incapacitated by a medical emergency and their doctor orders an MRI.  Sounds like an unlikely scenario, but stranger things have happened.

]]> By: CombsL http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/engineering-extra-senses-technology-and-the-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-26464 CombsL Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146266#comment-26464 This technology should be put to beneficial use. Most sufferers of Transverse Myelitis (myself included) would be forever grateful if the sensors in our damaged nerves could be guided back to what we had before we were stricken with this miserable condition! This technology should be put to beneficial use. Most sufferers of Transverse Myelitis (myself included) would be forever grateful if the sensors in our damaged nerves could be guided back to what we had before we were stricken with this miserable condition!

]]> By: Miles Archer http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/engineering-extra-senses-technology-and-the-human-body/comment-page-1/#comment-26463 Miles Archer Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146266#comment-26463 I would suggest Dr. Warwick read the DUNE series...from the beginning novels, which illustrate a few -issues- with the whole 'isn't-cybernetic-humans-cool!' thing.  Spoiler: Humans install their brains into super-powerful robots, and connect them to a futuristic AI system. Given virtually unlimited life-spans and enormous powers, they really put the screws to those humans unfortunate enough (like the billions of peons) not to get super-computer-brains-with-super-robot-bodies. Sound good to you? Then you must be one of those who thinks he's gonna be the robot and not the slave. Fiction can sometimes predict the future. And most of us S/F writers don't like what we see. I would suggest Dr. Warwick read the DUNE series…from the beginning novels, which illustrate a few -issues- with the whole ‘isn’t-cybernetic-humans-cool!’ thing. 

Spoiler: Humans install their brains into super-powerful robots, and connect them to a futuristic AI system. Given virtually unlimited life-spans and enormous powers, they really put the screws to those humans unfortunate enough (like the billions of peons) not to get super-computer-brains-with-super-robot-bodies. Sound good to you? Then you must be one of those who thinks he’s gonna be the robot and not the slave.

Fiction can sometimes predict the future. And most of us S/F writers don’t like what we see.

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