http://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-24-we-are-all-cyborgsTechnology's usefulness will be all that matters when we need chips embedded in our bodies to get jobs or move freely around the world.
Neil Harbisson is an extraordinary person. Though he was born completely colour-blind, he found a way to see colour using an electronic eye that is now permanently grafted to his skull. In 2004 he became the first person to be officially recognised by a government as a cyborg – a being that is part man and part machine. But in 10 or 20 more years Harbisson will not be that unusual.
Harbisson’s electronic eye or “eyeborg” works by translating the frequencies of the colours in front of him into a scale of electronic sounds. These sounds are then played by a chip implanted in the back of his head, and he “hears” the colours in front of him as tones conducted through his skull.
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Not to mention your feet are made of clay and your liver of lilies.Clinton Huxley wrote:My knees are made of tin.
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Damn, I should have thought of that repartee... 
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Getting old, mate.Svartalf wrote:Damn, I should have thought of that repartee...
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
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I'll see his wanky eye and raise the fucker a titanium aortic valve.rainbow wrote:http://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-24-we-are-all-cyborgsTechnology's usefulness will be all that matters when we need chips embedded in our bodies to get jobs or move freely around the world.
Neil Harbisson is an extraordinary person. Though he was born completely colour-blind, he found a way to see colour using an electronic eye that is now permanently grafted to his skull. In 2004 he became the first person to be officially recognised by a government as a cyborg – a being that is part man and part machine. But in 10 or 20 more years Harbisson will not be that unusual.
Harbisson’s electronic eye or “eyeborg” works by translating the frequencies of the colours in front of him into a scale of electronic sounds. These sounds are then played by a chip implanted in the back of his head, and he “hears” the colours in front of him as tones conducted through his skull.
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Getting too damn friendly with him is what I am, that I should pass an occasion to trade insults.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Getting old, mate.Svartalf wrote:Damn, I should have thought of that repartee...
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Show us your scar and copypaste your story about your recovery. I know you want to, and I also know that we will be very happy to read your hilarious account of your first post-operational shit (among other vignettes) once more.devogue wrote:I'll see his wanky eye and raise the fucker a titanium aortic valve.
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Well you've got a brass neck.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Not to mention your feet are made of clay and your liver of lilies.Clinton Huxley wrote:My knees are made of tin.
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My eyes have plastic lenses...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Got to keep a good eye out for it!Svartalf wrote:Damn, I should have thought of that repartee...
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Do you still have that photo of you with the fucked eye? You looked like the TerminatorJimC wrote:My eyes have plastic lenses...
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Only too happy to oblige...devogue wrote:Do you still have that photo of you with the fucked eye? You looked like the TerminatorJimC wrote:My eyes have plastic lenses...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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