A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, that is an organism which adds to or enhances its abilities by using technology.
An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior.
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Cyborg info
According to some definitions of the term, the metaphysical and physical attachments humanity has with even the most basic technologies have already made us cyborgs. In a typical example, a human fitted with a heart pacemaker or an insulin pump (if the person has diabetes might be considered a cyborg, since s/he is incapable of surviving without the mechanical part. Contact lenses and hearing aids are two more common and less dramatic examples of fitting humans with technology to enhance their biological capabilities. Permanent versions -- intraocular lenses and cochlear implants respectively -- are also available.-- Wikipedia - Cyborg
Cyborgs @ YouTube
Jesse Sullivan with the Bionic Arm
Bionic Woman
female leg amputee demonstrates c-leg prosthesis
female leg amputee in the gym
FDA Approves First Self-Contained Artificial Heart
Dean Kamen and the Robotic Arm
Cyborg links
- Cyborgs-'R'-Us
- A Guide to the History of the Cyborg
- A Cyborg Manifesto
- by Donna Haraway
- Technology as extension of human functional architecture
- by Alexander Chislenko
- Citizen Cyborg
- a book by James J. Hughes
Cyborg Poll
Random cyborg stuff on Amazon
The Electric Church
Amazon Price: $10.39 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Machine's Child (The Company)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Mendoza in Hollywood (The Company)
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 07/26/2008)
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
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Android info
Historically, science fiction authors have used "android" in a greater diversity of ways than the terms "robot" and "cyborg". In some fiction works, the primary difference between a robot and android is only skin-deep, with androids being made to look almost exactly like humans on the outside, but with internal mechanics exactly the same as that of robots. In other stories, authors have defined android to indicate a wholly organic, yet artificial, creation. Other definitions of android fall somewhere in between.-- Wikipedia - Android
Real androids @ YouTube
Actroid Robot
Actroid DER-2
Albert Einstein Hubo - ROBORAMA.info
Android links
- Android World
- This site is devoted to androids. An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human. Many android developers call their creations "humanoids" rather than androids.
Android poll
Random android stuff on Amazon
Saturn's Children
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 07/26/2008)
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik
Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 07/26/2008)
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vrmanoj
Hi ! I have been writing on Cyborgs in my blog "Cyborg Fantasies" since 2004. Cyborg Fantasies is all about the technological, social, cultural and philosophical meanings of the cyborg concept since 2004 ! Check it out at : http://cyborgfantasy.blogspot.com/ Posted July 21, 2007 |
