The other day in class, we started talking about Cyborgs and all of things that come along with that kind of technology: especially ethics.
My friend and I started talking about all the Cyborgs that you see in popular media. The first one and of course, most awesome one would have to be Wolverine from Marvel's The X-Men. As you may or may not know, Wolverine has a super healing power which made him a prime subject for the injection of the alloy adamantium. They injected adamantium into his skeleton. He is most known for the claws that come out of his hands at his knuckles (which were originally just bone).
Other cyborgs in popular media include Iron Man, Wolverine's female clone- X 23, and of course, The Bionic Man.
I can't say that I had given a lot of thought to what a Cyborg would be in reality, but after watching a video in class, I realized the definition that applies to Cyborgs. It is any person who has had a piece of machine or electronics put with their body to improve their human abilities. This includes people that own prosthetic limbs, or as our Professor does, an electric cochlea. So, then I began to wonder about people with heart monitors...are they cyborgs?
Where will the human race be as technology continues to evolve and the quality of life improves?
And will there be an appreciation for the strides we have made, or will it all be taken for granted?
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Wolverine is not actually a cyborg. Cyborgs utilize electronic technologies. His claws are just covered with the adamantium alloy but he was born with claws.
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