I want to know why this guy needs special rights. It's not like he's being discriminated against because of what he has attached to his head is he? He's just a regular guy with some computer parts attached to him.
World's First Cyborg Speaks Out
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Did you watch the video? He can't get into movie theatres because they think he's trying to record the movie with a camera and he got kicked out of supermarkets for some reason.romanator0 said:
She seems more like a cyborg than that guy, since her arm actually interfaces with her brain in both directions, while the Eyeborg seems to only be sending information to the guy's brain and not the other way around. I don't exactly get why he's the first to get recognized as a cyborg and what that recognition means.Smilomaniac said:
If you watch the video, you'll hear that he gets barred from cinemas because they think he's filming, or kicked out of supermarkets because they think he's doing something illegal.romanator0 said:
You mean Civilization V isn't an accurate portrayal of how science works? WTH, I feel lied to :<immovablemover said:
"Prince Charles, despite what you might think, actually sounds pretty good." That made my day! =D
Bah, Cyborg. Cyborg my ass. In my day the word Cyborg meant something, now this guy is just throwing it around. There is only one true Cyborg!
He said in the video he's not allowed into cinemas and he gets kicked out of some shops. It's sort of understandable, what with that thing of his beeping away, but still.romanator0 said:
I understand his point about cyborg rights. While the woman with the cyborg arm is seen by others as just having an advanced prosthetic arm, people confuse that guy's device with a camera, which is harming his daily life. While not many people with this problem exist, which makes it a relatively minor problem now, it'll likely become a problem in the future.Smilomaniac said:
That, is gold! HahahahaCyrromatic said:
Anywho, I'm just wondering what rights he advocating for ? Who is keeping the cyborgs down, better question who knows that their are cyborgs around. I don't see the point organization, but he is super damn cool. I want bionic body parts toooooo !
Awesome. I want some more senses. Magnetoception could mean I'd never get lost again. Seeing in thermal would be kinda boss, if I could turn it off. Hmm... what else?
That is amazing.
Just trying to imagine how that guy sees the world around him. Soon we are stepping into a world were technology won't just make up for what is missing, but improve what we already have.
Just trying to imagine how that guy sees the world around him. Soon we are stepping into a world were technology won't just make up for what is missing, but improve what we already have.
This guy is just a self publicist. There are about 250000 people world wide that have cochlear implants. Cochlear implants are electronic devices that convert sound into electrical impulses which in turn used to stimulate the nerves in the cochlear. This allows deaf people to hear. It is also a direct connection between an electronic device an the nervous system, you can't get much more Cyborg than that.
This guy isn't a cyborg at all, and I'm pretty sure he knows that. He's just using that term because "fighting for cyborg rights" sounds better than "trying to convince people I should be allowed to wear my computerized camera-headphone gadget anywhere I want including places that expressly prohibit cameras because I can't see colors without it... or with it, but at least it makes beeping sounds to tell me what colors I'm not seeing."
Nope, this is too weird for me. Please take me back to 2001, so I can be seven again, and cyborgs are in films.
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He isn't any more than a cyborg than a caveman who wears deer-skins to keep warm or me whenever i wear glasses so i can see like a normal person.
Humans have been "augmenting" themselves since we learnt to make fire, it's hardly a new thing. All that's happened is he's wearing an unusual, unrecognised piece of technology which has given him problems in cinemas and supermarkets, so he's come up with this "cyborg discrimination" idea as a means of responding to this discrimination he faces.