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| cybernetics [2011/07/22 02:43] – [Note] hagalaz | cybernetics [2011/09/10 16:54] (current) – [Note] - added vacuum nanodiamondoid circuitry note to 'EMP/taser effects section'. hagalaz |
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| * //This is not __Shadowrun__ MUCK or __Cyberpunk:2020__ MUCK. You cannot simply go to the local mall or back-alley chop shop and have implants placed //"In About An Hour®"//. Extensive, expensive work at a capable medical center and rehabilitation are required, and a medical practicioner replacing an intact, perfectly healthy organic system with a cybernetic one would be questioned under even the loosest of medical ethics standards.// | * //This is not __Shadowrun__ MUCK or __Cyberpunk:2020__ MUCK. You cannot simply go to the local mall or back-alley chop shop and have implants placed //"In About An Hour®"//. Extensive, expensive work at a capable medical center and rehabilitation are required, and a medical practicioner replacing an intact, perfectly healthy organic system with a cybernetic one would be questioned under even the loosest of medical ethics standards.// |
| * //Metal is not better than meat, just different. Autologous cloned body parts are available in almost every situation.// | * //Metal is not better than meat, just different. Autologous cloned body parts are available in almost every situation.// |
| * //While cybernetic implants themselves are relatively robust, they still attach to nerves, flesh and/or bone. You may be able to override the sensors in your artificial hand in order to crush a cue ball, but you cannot pick up that truck/train/vending machine.// | * //While cybernetic implants themselves can sometimes be relatively robust, they still attach to nerves, flesh and/or bone. You may be able to override the sensors in your artificial hand in order to crush a cue ball, but you cannot pick up that truck/train/vending machine.// |
| * //In addition to being vulnerable to taser-style electrical effects, cybernetic implants are also vulnerable to things like EMP and induction heating.// | * //While military-grade vacuum nanodiamondoid circuitry used for some cybernetic controller systems is relatively well-protected against EMP, artificial muscle, motors, sensors, etc... are still vulnerable. Additionally, artificial muscle is still vulnerable to Taser-related effects.// |
| * //Cybernetic technology, while impressive in some cases, has not advanced to the stage where it can replace damaged/missing brain tissue or otherwise enhance or replace the brain's functions. Likewise, the contents of your brain cannot be uploaded, destructively or otherwise, into a computer. Brain death is still permanent at this time.// | * //Cybernetic technology, while impressive in some cases, has not advanced to the stage where it can replace damaged/missing brain tissue or otherwise enhance or replace the brain's functions. Likewise, the contents of your brain cannot be uploaded, destructively or otherwise, into a computer. Brain death is still permanent at this time.// |
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