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Cyborg Pilot
A combination of a human being (at least the thinking part) and a machine. (Read the full article)
| "I thought the first reference to it was the book 'Cyborg' which the tv series 6 million dollar man. Where the astonaut Steve Austin is augmented with hydualics and chips" (euphoriadj 8/30/2005 11:29:45 AM ) |
| "Nope, Martin Caidin borrowed the term for his novel 'Cyborg' (the inspiration, as you noted, for 'The Six Million Dollar Man' and 'The Bionic Woman' TV shows). Cybernetics (the science of interfaces between machines and living things, not just humans) and the idea of cybernetic organisms had been around for awhile. Interestingly, the first bionic arm was successfully (is 'installed' the right word?) on a patient this year.
" (robur 10/20/2006 9:45:24 PM ) |
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