“Humans as we all know them won’t exist in the subsequent 50-100 years,” says Professor Kevin Warwick, British engineer, recipient of two higher doctorates, nine honorary doctorates, and certainly one of the world’s first cyborgs. “I definitely see a future by which we’re all adapted with cyborg abilities indirectly.” Human potential is evolving, and discussion around the concept of cyborgs is being met with increasing fervour by the broader public. The term cyborg has many nuanced meanings, but most frequently refers to those whose physical abilities are prolonged beyond normal human limitations, largely as a result of the mixing of human and machine – where technology becomes one with the human body.
Professor Warwick has been experimenting on himself since 1998, dedicating...
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