>main incentive to save money is so I can afford to become

Delusional? 8
Crazy? 10

Don't put stock in anything sci has to say. Most of this board doesn't know anything about science or new technologies.

>>9068448
You save 1 unit, cyborg stuff would've cost 1 unit at this point for each unit you save.
You save 1 unit, cyborg stuff now costs 2 units at this point for each unit you save.
You save 2 units, cyborg stuff now costs 4 units at this point for each unit you save.
You'll never be able to afford it, even if you lived in almost poverty to save.

>saving money
3/10
>accumulating capital
1/10
>cyborg
6/10, 3/10 if you actually study medicine and your goal is life extension

>be cyborg
>strutting around with my cyberlegs
>flexing my cyberbiceps
>getting mad cyberpussy
>pakistan is mad they can't afford s1ck augs
>nuclear war
>EMP kills me
>weak fleshbags inherit the earth

don't fall for the cyborg meme
get your brain transplanted into a new body instead

>>9068448
4
The problems of interfacing with nerves and the brain now seem to be tractable. They aren't solved, but they are tractable. We now have interfaces that don't seem to kill neurons.

Even if you're delusional, it still makes sense to save money

>>9068473
Nuclear EMP isn't strong enough to destroy small electronics.

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>have bad eyes
>wish for augmented eyes to become a thing
>imagine all the crazy shit they could do
>but how will they be recharged?
>could they be hacked?
>going blind if EMP
Glasses are okay.

>>9068448
>save money
bad idea all around, "money" is bullshit fiat currency constantly manipulated by the powerful. Better way is acquiring assets, though that is even more fickle, it gives you some breathing room in what you can do.

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>>9068448
Prosthetic Limbs Sucks.

Also You could be hacked.

>>9068676
this, some of the work recently done with prosthetic limbs is basically human cyborg shit. It will only get better. In terms of you being able to receive it, i guess if you have enough money it's possible.

Where is my sweatband that allows me to control keyboard and mouse input with my mind?
I want to browse porn and play vidya with no hands.

>>9068711
they already have a wearable device which you can control your mouse pointer with. shit is pretty insane.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Control-A-Computer-With-Your-Mind/

>>9068713
Need a professional commercial working version, f@m.

>>9068723
Hey man, keep in mind that's under 50 bucks and uses a shitty toy EEG sensor. There's a ton of potential

Even if they became a thing I doubt you would really want them. I mean it sounds cool on paper but than you remember the surgery.

>>9068448
4

>>9068448
>Saving money
8/10

You won't ever be able to afford quality parts.

Saving money is what Jo Schmo does, If you want to make loads of money you need to invest it.

>>9068679
+++

>>9068448
>when the technology becomes available
It is already here - the original cyborgs are the grannies with hearing aids, hip joint titanium replacements, pace makers, and operated for cataract.

>>9068448
With a smartphone always handy, people are already cyborgs: just not fully integrated.

>>9068448
You aren't delusional you're just 14 and have retarded priorities.

>>9068679
>be alive
>don't I need to eat food?
>someone just shoots me anyways

Yeah not worth it I'll just kill myself.

>>9068473
>not becoming a cyborg fueled by diesel, with audiophile-tier electrical isolation

>>9068686
Imagine being literally raped over the internet

>>9068706
No, prosthetic limbs are complete and utter shit. Without neural/nerve interfaces that are stable, it's like trying to build a high performance jet engine out of wood. Sure you can build a jet engine out of wood, it just won't work very well.

Current prosthetic limb work is good, but it's a bit of a waste because it doesn't address the big issues. The big ones are interfacing with nerves/neurons, connecting stuff to the body, developing actuators with torque densities/performance similar to real limbs, sensing touch/heat/etc, and power in that order.

If you can't interface with neurons, then all you have is a fancy peg leg. A whole host of issues arises from just connecting stuff to the body. We do not have prosthetic limbs that can carry as much load as the original. Most limbs right now are held on via suction and straps. This does not work very well, causing blisters and sores. The other is to bolt limbs to bone. This doesn't work very well either due to the huge stiffness difference between bone and metal. Plus the problem of having stuff go through skin. Because if the stiffness difference the area around the skin gets damaged too. This also increases the chance of infection.

Heck implanting anything in the body has a high risk of infection, because implants are great places for bacteria to grow as the immune system has trouble getting there.

If you can't even connect limbs, you can't get very far.

So both getting similar actuation performance and sensing are almost equally important. In terms of weight current actuators are weaker than muscle. They produce less torque per unit weight than muscle. Power is not much of an issue as we have actuators with enormous power to weight ratios, they just produce high speed at low torque.

Now comparable strength/weight is probably just fine for arms, but for legs we also need to match the dynamics of the legs so that people can run. We need to do more than just putting a motor at each joint for legs.

>>9068448
>main incentive to save money is so I can afford to become a cyborg when the technology becomes available
>On a scale of 1 to 10, how delusional am I?
not really, once you realize the money you saved is basically your healthcare

>>9069522
>No, prosthetic limbs are complete and utter shit.
the problem with everything you're saying is that you're comparing them to normal limbs, not to the previous state of the prosthetic industry. I agree being a cyborg with enhanced limbs (over conventional) is a long way away, especially for the actuators, but they actually are interfacing with neurons, which is huge, and it can only get better from this point.
Currently the benefits outweigh the risks, and will only continue to do so with better technology.
sorry your whole post seems really defeatist, really good neurally interfacing prosthetics will be possible eventually, it's just a matter of time.

>>9068686

Ah man, I want a prostitute limb so badly.

>>9069473
>put my brain inside the body of a cute robot girl
>getting hacked
>become a living onahole for men with hydraulic 14" cocks
Fuck this sounds awesome

>>9069592
>hydraulic
You might want to check out Tetsuo the Iron Man. Note: gore, Japanese style.

>>9069592
>assuming you wouldn't become one willingly even before you get hacked

>>9068448
everything ends for you this summer so dream on playa

>>9068448
11
Saving won't do anything, you gotta rob a bank.

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>>9068448
This is my goal as well, anonborg. Sell your plasma and buy a lottery ticket each time. Might as well make some money while you're waiting around as a meat-bag. I advise you to learn Japanese, because they are closer to the dream than we are. You'll want to go there for your surgery.

>>9068676
We are well on our way:
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/human-head-transplant/

>>9068473
>EMP kills me
Always have a contingency plan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

>>9069318
>It is already here
More than you know:
http://gizmodo.com/this-cyborg-dragonfly-is-the-tiniest-drone-1795720809

Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0z08OpmEPc

>>9070709
so this is your average IFL science subscriber.

>>9068676
its better to invest/spend money rather than saving it because of inflation

>>9070727
Mock if you want but this will be the future and you may live to see it in your life time.

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>>9070709
>Gizmodo
At least try and get your news from IEEE.org

Bum

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>>9072115
Nice strawman!

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>>9068448

3

Not a cyborg but an enhanced human, yes.