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And Kevin Warwick is the chap who had an RFID (or similar) chip implanted in his arm and put out a press release declaring himself a cyborg: http://www.kevinwar
by gpjt 12y ago
And Kevin Warwick is the chap who had an RFID (or similar) chip implanted in his arm and put out a press release declaring himself a cyborg: http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm
- jgrahamc 12y agoYes, I wasn't going to mention that because I've had a cybernetic cat (by Warwick's standards) for years. And his definition of a cyborg here is bullshit. Anyone with a heart pacemaker is much closer to a cyborg than someone with a RFID chip in their arm. Hell, they are being kept alive by a machine! The first pacemaker implants date to the late 1950s.
- throwawayaway 12y agoUniversity of Writing Bad Press Releases. Ahem.
- ceejayoz 12y agoDon't forget things like neurostimulators for Parkinsons and back pain, too.
- jgrahamc 12y agoYes, also cochlear implants.
- afarrell 12y agoI have a friend with a cochlear implant who occasionally refers to himself as a cyborg. I'm actually not clear on to what degree he identifies as such. I suspect that there isn't much in the way of "cyborg culture" and so therefore the idea of "cyborg identity" doesn't have a lot to it.
- TheCraiggers 12y agoI've always given him the benefit of doubt and assumed he wasn't claiming to be the first cyborg, but rather to inform people that hey, we're all cyborgs. I agree that placing my brain in a robot suit would classify, and probably replacing my arm with a full robotic arm. What about heart replacements, or eyes? Where do you draw the line? Personally, given the definition of cyborg being "something with both mechanical and organic parts" I think all the above and yes, even placing an RFID chip in your arm, would make you a cyborg whether you accept it or not.
- jgrahamc 12y agoThe trouble is he does claim to be the 'world's first cyborg': "Professor Kevin Warwick, the world's leading expert in Cybernetics, here he unveils the story of how he became the worlds first Cyborg in a ground breaking set of scientific experiments. " http://www.kevinwarwick.com/ICyborg.htm http://www.kevinwarwick.com/ICyborg.htm