Friday, 7 November 2008
AI 133 How fast will plastic surgery move towards cybernetic surgery? The USA military show glimpses of our future
The USA military could now be moving towards cyber surgery. This is a list of cyber surgery techniques that are being speculated about:
1. Growing back body parts, both internal organs and limbs
2. Regenerating body parts on "nano-scaffolding" - using molecular-sized particles that act as nano-scaffolding for the human cells to grow
3. Telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp (intrusive?)
4. Erase bad memories (whose the judge)
5. Devices that will translate one soldier’s thoughts into electrical signals that can be beamed to other soldiers, to help in stealth operations
Other experiments are using real solders to create ghost effects on the battlefield –these techniques are being tested using virtual worlds.