Cyborg
noun
A being that mixes human and artificial parts.
In the movie, the main character became a cyborg after a terrible accident.
Often appears as...
- becoming a cyborg
- cyborg technology
noun
A person who has physical abilities enhanced by mechanical elements built into the body.
To regain his ability to walk, he became a medical cyborg with advanced prosthetic limbs.
Often appears as...
- medical cyborg
- cyborg prosthetics
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Technical
noun
A being that mixes human and artificial parts.
In the movie, the main character became a cyborg after a terrible accident.
Often appears as...
- becoming a cyborg
- cyborg technology
noun
A person who has physical abilities enhanced by mechanical elements built into the body.
To regain his ability to walk, he became a medical cyborg with advanced prosthetic limbs.
Often appears as...
- medical cyborg
- cyborg prosthetics
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Sci-Fi Origin
The term 'cyborg' originated from science fiction and often appears in this genre.
He reads science fiction novels featuring cyborgs.
Pro Tip 2/3Human-Machine Blend
'Cyborg' suggests a blend of organic and technological parts, not fully robotic.
The cyborg used his robotic arm to lift the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'cyborg' is used metaphorically to describe someone overly reliant on tech.
With her phone always in hand, she's like a cyborg.
Pro Tip 1/3Sci-Fi Origin
The term 'cyborg' originated from science fiction and often appears in this genre.
He reads science fiction novels featuring cyborgs.
Pro Tip 2/3Human-Machine Blend
'Cyborg' suggests a blend of organic and technological parts, not fully robotic.
The cyborg used his robotic arm to lift the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'cyborg' is used metaphorically to describe someone overly reliant on tech.
With her phone always in hand, she's like a cyborg.
Pro Tip 1/3Sci-Fi Origin
The term 'cyborg' originated from science fiction and often appears in this genre.
He reads science fiction novels featuring cyborgs.
Pro Tip 2/3Human-Machine Blend
'Cyborg' suggests a blend of organic and technological parts, not fully robotic.
The cyborg used his robotic arm to lift the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'cyborg' is used metaphorically to describe someone overly reliant on tech.
With her phone always in hand, she's like a cyborg.
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Video examples
Neil Harbisson: I listen...
because ultraviolet is a dangerous color, a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish to perceive things that we cannot perceive. That's why, two years ago, I created the Cyborg Foundation, which is a foundation that tries to help people become a cyborg, tries to encourage people
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Meditations on the...
so that he could record his vision. Rob is part of a known network of cyborgs and he told me that he found it curious when he started to receive hate mail from people who felt threatened by him having this extra ability. Was his right to change his body less important than their right to their privacy?
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Amber Case: We are all...
And so this is the important point that I like to that things are beautiful, that it's still a human connection -- it's just done in a different way. We're just increasing our humanness and our ability to connect with each other, regardless of geography. So that's why I study cyborg anthropology.
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Making an Exoskeleton PIPE...
shorter everything's gonna be unique no two people are the same and so that's why the system has to be so adjustable it has to be able to accommodate all those different anthropometry I guess creating an interface between man and machine is what cyborgs are all
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Let's talk about sex -...
that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son or a T-101 cyborg.
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The incredible...
by computational systems that help you think, robotic systems that help you make, and a digital nervous system that connects you to the world far beyond your natural senses. Let's start with cognitive augmentation. How many of you are augmented cyborgs?
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How we'll become cyborgs...
He feels like he just has his leg back, that he has his body back. Now I'm often asked when I'm going to be neurally linked to my synthetic limbs bidirectionally, when I'm going to become a cyborg. The truth is, I'm hesitant to become a cyborg.
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Nationalism vs....
They might be cyborgs or -- Yeah, they could be enhanced super humans. They could be cyborgs. They could be completely nonorganic elites. They could even be non-conscious algorithms. What we see now in the world is authority shifting away
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Making neuroscience...
to the right perfect alright so ladies and gentlemans is the world's first commercially available cyborg in the history of mankind and so why are we doing this type of stuff I mean like why would you make a cyborg
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Elon Musk: A future...
is to more tightly couple the collective human world to digital intelligence. The issue that we face here is that we are already a cyborg, if you think about it. The computers are an extension of ourselves.
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Neil Harbisson: I listen...
because ultraviolet is a dangerous color, a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish to perceive things that we cannot perceive. That's why, two years ago, I created the Cyborg Foundation, which is a foundation that tries to help people become a cyborg, tries to encourage people
Video examples
Meditations on the...
so that he could record his vision. Rob is part of a known network of cyborgs and he told me that he found it curious when he started to receive hate mail from people who felt threatened by him having this extra ability. Was his right to change his body less important than their right to their privacy?
Video examples
Amber Case: We are all...
And so this is the important point that I like to that things are beautiful, that it's still a human connection -- it's just done in a different way. We're just increasing our humanness and our ability to connect with each other, regardless of geography. So that's why I study cyborg anthropology.
Video examples
Making an Exoskeleton PIPE...
shorter everything's gonna be unique no two people are the same and so that's why the system has to be so adjustable it has to be able to accommodate all those different anthropometry I guess creating an interface between man and machine is what cyborgs are all
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son or a T-101 cyborg.
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The incredible...
by computational systems that help you think, robotic systems that help you make, and a digital nervous system that connects you to the world far beyond your natural senses. Let's start with cognitive augmentation. How many of you are augmented cyborgs?
Video examples
How we'll become cyborgs...
He feels like he just has his leg back, that he has his body back. Now I'm often asked when I'm going to be neurally linked to my synthetic limbs bidirectionally, when I'm going to become a cyborg. The truth is, I'm hesitant to become a cyborg.
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
They might be cyborgs or -- Yeah, they could be enhanced super humans. They could be cyborgs. They could be completely nonorganic elites. They could even be non-conscious algorithms. What we see now in the world is authority shifting away
Video examples
Making neuroscience...
to the right perfect alright so ladies and gentlemans is the world's first commercially available cyborg in the history of mankind and so why are we doing this type of stuff I mean like why would you make a cyborg
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
is to more tightly couple the collective human world to digital intelligence. The issue that we face here is that we are already a cyborg, if you think about it. The computers are an extension of ourselves.
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Ray Fisher
American Actor
Cyborg was the first superhero that I've ever seen whose parent was around but just was not there for him emotionally, mentally. I related to that in a big way because, growing up, it was my mother and grandmother that raised me and my brother and sisters. I'm the second youngest of five; my father was never in the picture.
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Sam Worthington
Australian Actor
Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe.
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Joshua Foer
American Journalist
Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But that's not the same thing as wisdom.
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Neil Harbisson
English Artist
The biggest challenge for cyborgs is to be socially accepted. Society needs to accept that there are people who wish to use technology as part of the body.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.
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Ramez Naam
American Writer
We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
You know, anyone who wears glasses, in one sense or another, is a cyborg.
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Geoff Johns
American Writer
The truth is, we're all cyborgs with cell phones and online identities.
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Amanda Nunes
Brazilian Athlete
Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.
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Ray Fisher
American Actor
Cyborg was the first superhero that I've ever seen whose parent was around but just was not there for him emotionally, mentally. I related to that in a big way because, growing up, it was my mother and grandmother that raised me and my brother and sisters. I'm the second youngest of five; my father was never in the picture.
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Sam Worthington
Australian Actor
Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe.
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Joshua Foer
American Journalist
Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But that's not the same thing as wisdom.
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Neil Harbisson
English Artist
The biggest challenge for cyborgs is to be socially accepted. Society needs to accept that there are people who wish to use technology as part of the body.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.
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Ramez Naam
American Writer
We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
You know, anyone who wears glasses, in one sense or another, is a cyborg.
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Geoff Johns
American Writer
The truth is, we're all cyborgs with cell phones and online identities.
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Amanda Nunes
Brazilian Athlete
Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.
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