An Admiration of Cyborgs

Ever since I first saw the scene at the end of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back where Luke receives a robotic hand I have been fascinated with Robotic Prosthetics; and the idea that one day you could replace lost or damaged parts of yourself with machines. Robotic Prosthetics have come a long way in a short amount of time, and the advances that they have made are astounding. 

One day I believe we will have a future similar to that of the popular sci-fi anime Ghost in the Shell. Where normal people can walk alongside people who have their entire bodies replaced with robotics, but if you placed them next to each-other there would be no noticeable difference in their appearance. As the Who Am I?  Gallery currently on display at The Science Museum in London shows us, technology allows for an astonishing 76% [1] to be replaced with Robotic Prosthetics and Bionic devices. That number will only increase and as current trends show, it probably won't be long until we can completely replace our bodies with robotics. As new innovations in Robotic Prosthetics and Bionic technologies are always being pushed and developed further. 

If you have a passion for the idea of eventually living in a science fiction world where people can walk around with robotic bodies or just think that is interesting and would like to learn more, feel free to follow this blog as I list and discuss new developments in this field. Even comment about something relevant that I haven't discussed that you would maybe like to see more about.

sources:
[1] How To Build A Bionic Man, Channel 4. Thursday 07, February 2013. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-build-a-bionic-man/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1