The Future Is Here: Cyborgs Walk Among Us By Jeremy Hsu

When one-eyed filmmaker Robert Spence decided to sell a documentary film idea of becoming an "EyeBorg," he made a cheap LED light in his prosthetic eye. Adding this light in his eye made his cyborg idea a possibility to likely business partners. Meanwhile, he was close to a deal for his documentary. Beings that are part-human, part-machine might sound like something that still belongs to Science-Fiction."But experts say that cyborgs are already walking among us, and have been around for quite some time." Three examples of sci-fi cyborgs are General Grievous, and Darth Vader from Star Wars, and the Master Chief from the Halo video games (most would agree that Darth Vader fits the cyborg definition). "What a cyborg is, in big part, is a fictional character from the future," Spence said. The futuristic aspect of cyborgs weighs heavily on the popular definition, as Spence quickly realized. "His conceptual success with "EyeBorg's" cheap light comes despite the fact that the prosthetic acts as a separate camera and has no functional connection to his body." "Nobody calls people with a prosthetic eye cyborgs, but put in a $5 LED light and you look like the Terminator," Spence pointed out. Even through this, Warwick said that "some definitions would allow any human using any piece of technology – whether it's glasses, bicycles or pens – to count as a cyborg."

George Landow is a digital media scholar at Brown University. He said,"Many other experts agreed with the most basic technical definition of a cyborg as a being that combines technology with human biology." "Anyone who uses medication, contact lenses, is well into cyborgism, and people like myself who have metal stents in their hearts and artificial lenses inside their eyes (after cataract operations), is definitely a cyborg according to the most conservative, cautious definition."

Something as ordinary as a piano or a piece of clothing can count as a cyborg but also as an everyday object. A cyborg is a human being who has extended themselves by using technology. "I'd say it's the most useful, super-technical definition, but it's the least fun. A lot of the point of defining a cyborg is to have fun," Spence said.

It is very cool that we are all counted as cyborgs. anyone who wears something to help them are cyborgs. Also, even if you are wearing even one piece of clothing, you are a cyborg. Some people are more cyborg than others because of what they wear. Other things that might be considered cyborg include hearing aids. Over time you can become more or less cyborg. One day you can be riding a bike (more cyborg) , and the next day, you can be wearing just clothes and not riding a bike (less cyborg).

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