I, Robot?

Will men ever become robots or at least might have replacements for lost limbs or let’s say lost memory? It sounds too much science fiction to you? From what I understand, already a person with electrodes implanted inside his brain used neural signals alone to control his prosthetic arm. More mundane but often forgotten are the profoundly hearing-impaired individuals carrying cochlear implants already. The slogan ‘the future starts today’ has been overtaken: it already surrounds us! But next to be able controlling a computer cursor or that robot arm, will technology someday actually enable the brain’s roughly 100 billion neurons to function perfectly? Try to imagine this large team heading in one and the same direction…mmm…see what I mean? The Six Million Dollar Man, from the 1970s television series, might be proven impossible one of these days, but wouldn’t a One Million Pesos Man be as appealing and a huge step forward as well? I would settle for ‘tinkered’ eyes that won’t need a pair of glasses anymore. Without them I look ten years younger. That Youthful Look I’ll get for free then. Isn’t that nice to look forward to?