Cyborgs

    Modern day cyborgs, when people hear this they think of science-fiction based cyborgs such as the T-800 (terminator robot). But just how close are we to  this today, truthfully we are centuries away from this type of technology. However we are beginning to adapt aspects of the T-800 to our everyday life. We are beginning to use cybernetics to replace limbs, give people their vision, or hearing back. We are even using it to replace the human heart. You may be asking yourself how this is possible. Through modern technology we are able to mesh mechanical wiring to the nervous system in hopes that the body will mimic the original parts function. These prosthetic limbs were originally designed and tested by the military, to give wounded soldiers their limbs back when they returned from the war. They were taken from a plastic, hinged , replica of a arm or leg and turned  into a high tech, light weight aluminum replacement limb. The hands on the prostheses could now grasp items and the legs were able to move by themselves with minimal input from the user thanks to many small motors and servos in the limbs themselves. How long will it take before we see people simply adding extra limbs for convenience, or even performance sake?