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As far as I know, all the electrical implants/enhancements that are currently being tested are all for fixing a disability.
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not all. a number of people have already had electrical implants inserted into their body so they can perform trivial tasks easier (using computers literally hands free, opening locked doors, turning on lights etc). but you also have the more amazing implants, like a chip behind the eye allowing you to see ultraviolet light naturally, similar to another implant that can partially restore the sight of someone who is totally blind (dark and light shapes).
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I'd give my arm without second thought, if I'd get an advanced robotic arm.
did anyone read the machine man by max barry?
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same, i think. but then i'd dedicate myself to a lifetime of exploration just to make good use of it.
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A robotic eye with a camera that would still look as normal as a real eye, that you could pop out and it would have a small USB stick in it with like a few gigs of memory, that'd be awesome.
e: What a confusing explanation. I meant that you could film stuff with it and hook it up to your computer and watch the footage afterwards.
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look up 'robotic eye' or something similar, i'm sure there's something very similar in the pipeline, if not already here.
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Yeah, I totally would. I'd go so far as to get a perfectly functional limb replaced with a cybernetic prosthesis assuming I wouldn't be losing any tactile ability/if it came with an MP3 player. I would not get implants to browse the internet from my brain or anything similar to that (basically no network access), but some kind of cognitive boost type implant that let me do calculations faster or something like that would be great. I'd definitely get an eye swapped out for one that can filter things out into ultraviolet and so on. Better ears, cyber hair, virtual teeth, info-nipples. The future is going to amaze us, really. I think I'll get one of those big asymmetrical jobs with metal spikes jutting out of my torso at right angles. I'd get subdermal plating if that kind of thing meant less concussions, because I definitely need less of those.
I think a motion sensitive hand implant that let you do stuff like dial a phone, change the channel or lock your house will be one of the very early sellers.
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a reinforced skull, jaw, neck and back would be my first request. then an implant greatly improving memory and another for quick learning (so i don't have to reread/rewatch information in order to learn/memorize it).
plus a shitload more i haven't thought about.
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If or when human augmentation comes around, it is only going to create a larger disparity between rich and poor people, which is why I'm primarily against it.
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bingo. that's the major issue i have with it, but it would be one of many issues we'd have to work through if we pursued it.