Heidi J. Figueroa-Sarriera Chris H. Gray Steven Mentor
Are you a cyborg? Is your neighbour? Do cyborgs live forever? These are only a few of the thought-provoking questions the authors address in The Cyborg Handbook. The cyborg - short for cybernetic organism - is an entity that mixes the mechanic and the organic, such as a creature that is part human and part machine. Today's technology is transforming and even transcending the human. People who have implanted pacemakers or attached prostheses are certainly cyborgs. Even the millions of people whose immune systems have been reprogrammed to resist disease can be considered cyborgs. Cyborgs are...
Are you a cyborg? Is your neighbour? Do cyborgs live forever? These are only a few of the thought-provoking questions the authors address in The Cybor...