From Human to Cyborg
presentation link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HwU2HrPXJQaxpnqU2tDYcA4SAL2h7OxK
SUPERHUMAN TRAITS IN SIGHT: PERCEIVING COLORS AS SOUNDS
An artist born with achromatopsia or extreme colorblindness meaning he could only see in black-and-white. At first, he received his specialized electronic eye, his “eyeborg” to be able to render perceived colors as sounds on the musical scale.
1) ENTIRELY REMOVABLE CYBORG-EXTENSIONS
Removable Cyborg extension might turn you temporarily into a cyborgish human, but they don’t result in any kind of lasting change in relation to your body.
2) CYBORG-HUMANS: TECHNOLOGIES CAUSING LASTING, BUT NOT IRREVERSIBLE TRANSFORMATION
It’s completely conceivable that in the not-too-distant future, permanent, fully integrated prosthetic limbs and bionic implants will be widespread. Also digital tattoos, chest patches or implanted sensors represent another strand of technologies impacting cyborgization.
3) TECHNOLOGIES CHANGING HUMANS FOREVER
Technologies meddling with the very blueprint of life, the genetic code, may change you forever and not only you but also the next generations. Gene editing technologies, such as CRISPR, bestow scientists the power to add, alter or remove parts of any creature’s DNA.
QUESTIONES:
-What would be your boundary to stop being a human and become more of a cyborg?
-Where do you think the red line should be drawn?