Poll: Would you be a cyborg?

[yuki on high]

Wow... weird topic......

 

[Eatbrainz]

itd be cool to have robot arms like bionic commando or something.

 

[Eatbrainz]

actually, if i could be a cyborg id want to look like one of the ghost drones from Chronicles of Riddick

 

[orangebandguy]

Being a cyborg would kick ass! So yes i would be cybernetic.

 

[Specter_]

I would definitely get memory implants, as well as cybernetic limbs. I would keep my actual brain, though.

This.
Better memory and I can still crush peoples skulls with my hands...

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Inspired by this video: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html

And the end of this video: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

When the technology for replacement limbs surpasses what we're born with, would you "upgrade" your human limbs with robotic implants? Would you install a chip in your brain, for wireless internet access perhaps; maybe just expand your memory; finally say goodbye to that plasma screen TV? How far would you go in terms of human parts replacement, and why?

I wouldn't replace my human parts willy-nilly unless there was some kind of horrific accident and my arms or legs were badly, badly damaged, but as a Transhumanist, I'd be willing to enhance my memory and cognition with an implant or two and I'd be amenable to the idea of having longevity-enhancing nanomachines in my body. All hail the paradigm shift!!!

 

[petrolmonkey]

Sorry if this video has already been posted, but I find this one amazing.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dean_kamen_previews_a_new_prosthetic_arm.html

 

[Psypherus]

I'd get techno-legs and thats about it. Super jump FTW

 

[petrolmonkey]

Also this one. I assume a full Terminator isn't far away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0_mLumx-6Y&NR=1

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

I'd have arms, but not legs. Something about metal arms of death just sounds right.

 

[asleep at the comp]

it would be all like terminator and shit going rawr i r machine then you turn into a car

 

[Selvalros]

I would only start getting replacements if I had to. If I lost my arm or something to an angry bear then I would be more than willing to get a mechanical one to replace it. However, I would not get "upgrades" simply for the sake of doing so since I can imagine that too much could possibly go wrong. Like someone has already said, the better something is made the harder it is to fix, but then again, it isn't like humans fix all that well to begin with.

 

[Sevre]

Yes if it was a Deux Ex sort of cyborg.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Ya mean like Ghost in The Shell cyborgs? Cause that would be awesome!

 

[NeedAUserName]

I would get cyborg supplements, so I can have internet in my brain, and parts added to my arms, legs and the rest of my body, but without going 100%.

 

[Dante_Alucard]

appleseed style

 

[vacuumbrand]

I would replace my finger with a swiss army knife if it was cut off, but I wouldn't mess about implanting wires and stuff because thats bound to end badly.

So you'd be like Altair from Assassin's Creed?