Computer Advances

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by BitVyper

The closest we're going to get to being Borg any time in the near future is better prosthetic limbs.

Speaking of which is really improving not only are we able to build robotic limbs that can understand nerve pulses but we have a prototype power suits not only that we have metals a plastics that will "Flex" with the same amount of electricity as a nerve pulse. (with which my friend and his father are trying to build a prosthetic limb without motors) i cant wait for things like this honestly

[Zilla]

As touched on before, I think our understanding of biology and psychology needs to advance to enable integration of the type proposed. Really though, we know a HELL of a lot more about how our brains work now than we did even 30 years ago. I don't think cybernetic attachments are all that far off either. Look up some augmented reality videos on Youtube and you'll see some fantastic real-world GUI applications. They just need some advanced programming, and with some advanced miniaturization and energy advances, that technology could easily be adapted to headwear, similar to the "scouters" in DragonBall Z. From there, with sufficiently advanced quantum computing, It's not hard to imagine them becoming standard glasses, and then contact lenses, but when it gets to that point, you introduce the problem of miniaturizing the power supply and other components aside from the computer itself.

As far as the main idea of the topic goes, there's already the chip thing they were talking about where they implant a chip in your hand that has a position system with a satelite or something like that, and I heard they stopped that because of the lithium leaking and posing a hazard to the implantee.

[Marelo]

The kind of situation I'm imagining is best reflected with this short story by Asimov, which I wish I had known about to include in the original post.

Give it a read. Aside from being relevant, it's very good. Oh, and go easy on him for talking about analog computers; as you will note, it was written in '56, before the first integrated circuit was built, and just barely after the concept was introduced.

[BirdJericho]

Originally posted by Runswithnopants
Finally, someone will think, "Well, hell, let's just put 'em in babies when they're born." At that point, we will have reached the first step in becoming a truly technological race, with computer components slowly overtaking their biological analogues, and what's left of our biology adapting to best take advantage of the technology.

I can imagine a world where if the parents say they don't want their children to be implanted with thought/sight/hearing/reflexes/etc tech, they'll be look on like hippies and vegetarians are today. Does humanity lay in our faults, or in the fixing of such faults?