Though, if we begin to understand the motor function response to certain neurological processes (manipulation), somehow someday stroke patients, roadside bomb victims…will be able to move the prosthetic leg a little smoother, smile a bit more symmetrically. Scary, biologically wrong, and yet the logical progression of what constitutes our species’ (enduring?) technological evolution.
Then again it could, as you suggest, fall into the wrong hands. military. ag biz. google.
You’re ten steps ahead of me, and of course right about all of them. I was just trying to make a dumb joke about chimpanzees hijacking our ATM machines and Ford factories. I promise, I begrudge stroke and roadside bomb victims none of our medical technology–hell, without it, I’d have been dead at twelve. But good to hear from you…
Though, if we begin to understand the motor function response to certain neurological processes (manipulation), somehow someday stroke patients, roadside bomb victims…will be able to move the prosthetic leg a little smoother, smile a bit more symmetrically. Scary, biologically wrong, and yet the logical progression of what constitutes our species’ (enduring?) technological evolution.
Then again it could, as you suggest, fall into the wrong hands. military. ag biz. google.
Posted by Jason — June 17, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
Jason!
You’re ten steps ahead of me, and of course right about all of them. I was just trying to make a dumb joke about chimpanzees hijacking our ATM machines and Ford factories. I promise, I begrudge stroke and roadside bomb victims none of our medical technology–hell, without it, I’d have been dead at twelve. But good to hear from you…
Posted by Bobby — June 17, 2008 @ 10:13 pm