Archive for the ‘Fustian Future’ category

Nerve Regrowth

November 8th, 2008

Continuing our discussion on repairing the human body, we turn our attention to the subjects of nerve regeneration and nerve remapping. A key component of recovering from dramatic injuries (and as we’ll see later, expanding human capabilities) is finding a way to reestablish the connection between the brain and the severed nerves of injured areas. [...]

Improving the Human Body

October 31st, 2008

Last time, I explored the promising new frontier of repairing the human body and regrowth of human body parts. Today we will explore the natural counterpart of repairing the human body:  cybernetic augmentations and bionic implants. Or in other words, the improvement of our bodies through artificial means. The biggest uses of cybernetics so far [...]

Repairing the Human Body

October 25th, 2008

The idea of my body becoming old and slowly breaking down is disturbing and highly irritating. I won’t lie; I’d like to live for a very long time. A couple hundred years, at least. In my vision of the future, we will develop technology to be able to almost always fully repair the human body, [...]