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Automail Cyborgs and our future?

Is anything like Full Metal Alchemist Automail or cyborgs Ghost in the Shell or Big O is possible? I know you have prosthetics and robots. But is there something more advanced that investigated?

I'm working on a graduate anthropology project dealing with the advancement of women how technology has helped and the potential benefits of female cyborgization. I am convinced that there will be cyborgs in our lifetime. We are so dependent on technology that we have to start to melt with him soon. Otherwise, we face as a species stagnation and eventual extinction. Gender equality is one of the social factors driving this trend. Computers and robotics have made men lead the overall strength of sense. Human survival is not about who's the best hunter. It is to be master technology. If women cyborgize least in proportion to men, we risk becoming second-class citizens. The variable is the other major intelligence artificial, which may be only a decade or so. Human beings need to improve our brains and bodies to keep up with intelligent computers. If we do, the A is the force could cyborgization of us just to raise a level where we can communicate with them. We will not cyborgized in the terms is a " so will probably have to do it in ours. As for your two examples, Masamune Shirow, said that full cyborgs as the main probably never happen because there are some organic parts, such as the lymphatic system, which is always going to be very difficult to replace cybernetically. Automail is closer to the robotic limbs as is, but improves the strength is limited by the muscles that are connected. Here's a likely scenario. Before entering the work force, everybody given a series of tests to see what kind of work that is most appropriate. This will determine the type of cybernetic upgrades that you will receive. Your brain will partially automated, allowing for downloading information directly into your mind and share data remotely with other cyborgs. The degree to which your body is replaced with total robotics depends on your job. Hazardous materials units clean, astronauts, miners, etc will become the closest thing to a cyborg types GITS. Technical and manufacturing units have specific sensory improvement work and the partial replacement of the tip, and interchangeable tool assembly instead of a hand. I have been dancing since she was a girl, and I am very attached to my body, but judging by the benefits, I have the intention of being one of the first in which cyborg technology reaches the mainstream.

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