Cyborgs are usually depicted as human-machine hybrids in popular fiction. They’ll either be robots with human brains or people who’ve had some of their limbs replaced with machine parts. That’s pretty cool. But, let’s be honest: those are your grandparent’s cyborgs. Ours are better. In the modern world, the idea of putting a computer chip in your brain isn’t far-fetched at all. And robotic limbs are quickly becoming a reality. But neither of these cybernetic solutions are intended to augment healthy people. For non-medical cybernetic applications, the ultimate goal of human-machine hybrids should be optimization. It might be super cool…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-cyborg
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