He can't see it...the camera can. What he "sees" is a false-color representation of what the camera sees. The human brain can't process IR and UV images no matter what you attach it to.
I worked my entire career in the VA hospital prosthetics department (1984-2008). It's remarkable how much progress was made during those 24 years. All motivated by the tendency of military institutions to impair normal human functions by putting them in borderline lethal circumstances.
so the thousands of auto accidents constantly happening, home and industrial incidents, genetic disorders and such play no roll is your stance? its just the military institution is what " all motivates " the need for this ??
@@Smith1980 It's more like the military institution is what pays for it because they knowingly put people in life or death situations that can and often do leave people permanently crippled. If the military did nothing to help vets recover from life altering injuries than there would be far fewer people willing to sign up for military service.
@@Yukimaru0 agreed ! And of course !! The government most likely pays for those reasons. On top of that whom else has all tha Dark DARPA whatever it's called. Defense funds. To keep 🇺🇸 on top of robotics technology, reasarch concerning making better extremities branches off to research concerning prosthetics. Control and interface technologies and the like.. But yeah the US is deep in the game. But for many reasons. In fact all three of us mentioned some.
@@Yukimaru0 Generally government pays alot in most research & development endeavors on base exploratory studies into new technologies because most companies dont have and/or are not willing to invest the nessessary funds into such research. There is usually no foreseen profit for many times its unknown what fruits the research mite bare. So yeah us government
The real problem with an arm that can punch through a wall isn't the arm, but the biological portions it's connected to. Just because the prosthetic limb can take a thousand pounds of force, that doesn't mean the bone it's grafted on to will be able to survive the impact.
Sure, but at the same time there might be a way around it. I'm thinking sledgehammer is basically extension of your arms and you can definitely "punch" through a wall using it without harming yourself too hard. What I mean is, maybe there will be some dampening needed or so, but I don't think it's completely impossible.
yeah.. Its the warp drive conumdrum. Even if you can protect from oncoming atoms, without some magical "inertial dampeners", you would end up a splatter of liquid and biological matter a split second after you hit the accelerate button for the Warp Drive.
@@PetrSojnek the head of the hammer takes most of the kinetic force, but it's not grafted directly to bone. The reverberations from the impact would transmit along the structure straight to biological components. I'm not saying it's impossible, just a real and difficult hurtle. We can mess with exosuits (lotta protypes out there), but their main issue is the person inside. You have to limit mechanical devices to account for biological limitations.
@@joelpits I honestly think it's more or less a dead end. It's good for prosthetics obviously, but It's much easier and cheaper to make a remote controlled robot.
One issue for current prosthetic users such as eyes is firmware updates and support. I've read articles about patients getting stuck with dead prosthetics with no manufacturer support and no way of removing them because the manufacturer went bankrupt 😶😭
I love this lighter side of Simon...it's like he's been cut loose from the bonds of the RU-vid algo and is just goofing around with these interesting subjects. Cool Stuff!
I was thinking the same ever since he read that Nicholas Cage thing and broke character cuz it was just so funny they kind of let him a bit more loose but I actually like it
I almost dated a guy who had a magnet implanted at the end of one of his fingers. He did electrical engineering and could feel sensation when something was powered. It kept him from getting shocked. I thought it was brilliant.
Why "almost?" With the magnet man, were you not attracted? Or maybe he could feel that there was no spark between the two of you. Or maybe you were both interested but there were external factors that caused resistance. Maybe it was a love/hate relationship and he was Dipolar. There are so many reasons that it could have not worked. What can I say, love hertz.
About the Bluetooth/Morse code feature: Tapping out wireless Morse code communications with a tooth sounds like something useful for a WW2-era/dieselpunk or classic James Bond (e.g. Sean Connery years) spy story.
Simon: "Tapping your teeth to communicate with someone in morse code is silly!" Me: "This is some straight mission impossible spy gadget stuff goining on! Or even helpful if you want to do some trickery at a casino..."
There are those 3D printed prosthetic thumbs that you strap on, opposite your real thumb. It's meant to allow you to hold more tools at the same time. As a pet stylist, these interest me. They say they are almost like having a third arm.
Kevin's been busy. Decoding the Unknown, Brain Blaze guest and now this. I'm starting to fear that his circumstantial evidence example came from experience
I’m really not surprised that Kevin writes this show. He does all the internet mysteries for Decoding the Unknown as well as good guest scripts for Brain Blaze
I'd very much like cyborg heart and lungs. I've heard of one artificial heart type that just uses nautical propellers, I guess also called rotating screws, that operate quietly and move blood around the body at a continuous pace instead of the way a real heart pumps, the pulse, relax, pulse, relax, pattern that all blood vessels deal with to some extent. Apparently saves a lot of wear and tear on the circulatory system. But that many have a very hard time adapting to it, they think, because of the primal terror someone gets when they cannot feel their heart beat. That's probably been with us for millions of years. It's said this is the preferred way to artificial hearts since many of the issues from mechanical hearts today which can sometimes last less than a year is they try to recreate the pumping motion. And upgraded heart and lungs would be quite excellent, possibly adding decades to your life span, supposedly. People who were not embalmed before burial still had their heart "beating" until too much decomposition took place.
I recall reading a magazine article of a guy who was waiting for a heart transplant. He had a temporary artificial heart put in for the waiting period and it was of a continuous flow type. Said it was a really odd feeling of not having a heart beat.
This video was really interesting, with a lot of well researched information! It's also the video I've liked the best, so far, from this channel. The other videos, I think, are a bit too... 90s-flavored chaos, and fast paced for myself? This is also fast paced, but doesn't feel like a speedball trip, either.
Simon is spot on with the cyborg arm thing. You would have to replace a metric shit ton of body parts to be able to punch through a wall. Firstly it isn't the arm the generates most of the force to a punch but rather core rotation and the use of legs (you know, all that kinetic chain bs) so you would need to build one helluva arm to generate more force than pretty much the entire human body. And if you could lift of an arm like that in the first place there's the thing that it would definitely break some body parts if they weren't reinforced. Especially if don't manage to punch through 'cos some of the force that's generated is directed back to your body. So like my momma used to say: "If you're going cyborg go all the way."
I remember the 6 Million Dollar Man TV show -- he had an artificial arm and legs ... and could lift a car. I kept wondering who gave him the metal spine... I'm amazed it wasn't mentioned in his list of popular fiction. After all, it was based off the book titled "Cyborg".
I have a cardiac pacemaker and a spinal neuromodulator. I have to charge my spine battery every second day using a wireless charger. I definitely look forward to a future where I can replace my faulty meat suit with a sweet robot rig 👾🤖
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.
I'm going to need a new knee joint soon. :( I don't want to have my leg sawn off and reattached with metal in the middle! Though it would be pretty cool conversation starter afterward. But annoying at the airport.
I agree the tooth thing is rubbish, but I do think a false tooth could be useful. For example, an ear implant (for incoming sound), a subdermal mic in the tooth (for outgoing sound), and a bionic eye (to display a semi-transparent image of the person calling), could all combine and replace your moble (mostly). You would probably need to wear a tranmitter on your trousers (abit like a pager) for now, but I think that should be close to possible resonably soon.
As smart as Neil Harbisson is, why did he give himself a 'village idiot' haircut? Also Simon, your brain is already installed in a robot...it's just a squishy one. Weird to think we're all just brains in a pitch black and silent container, with every single experience fed to us by electrical impulses and some self made chemicals.
"Do you know what humanity's greatest weakness is? Humans consistently ignore the endless infinity of possibilities in favor of maintaining the status quo. People fear change, they settle with fine when they could have exceptional."
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Neil in real life. A very funny and interesting guy both on stage and off. A genuine champion for all this cyborg stuff, leading front in a surprisingly sensible and thoroughly throughout way too
I don't think many people are thinking through the problems of transplanting their brains into a robot or cybernetic biological body. Your brain is used to your body your reach, height,finger toe size,diet, and most importantly your bio- chemistry. Chances are you'd go into a complete psychotic state that is irreversible. The fine tuning needed for such a complex procedure is nearly impossible, or at the very least something that won't be attainable until the distant future.
Cybernetics is already in play, and has been for many decades now. A great example would be a pacemaker; it is nifty little piece of cybernetics that gives a heart a little jolt to keep it beating regularly. That started regularly being used in the 1960's.
There's also the less impressive but still mildly useful RFID implants. These were originally developed for pet ID tags, but since there's nothing stopping you from making one with a re programmable RFID chip a bunch of people have basically chipped themselves. What's the use of these? Pretty much anything you can think of that uses an RFID chip, you could clone your bus card on there and then freak people out by paying for your fare by just swiping your hand over the receiver, RFID door keys are also an option but those just suck in general, so I wouldn't recommend it. So on the whole not much use aside from impressing people who think this sort of thing is cool I guess.
One hurtle they're going to have is the power supply when it comes to the strength portion. Even perception wise, how often do you want to have to plug in your eyes to recharge them??? Now if they had some kind of micro generator built in that runs off body heat that would take care of the problem for lower requirements but probably not for large stuff that does lifting/movement. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting top, never thought of myself as a cyborg because of the plate in my left shoulder, but I think I might start describing myself that way now 😝 I survive being run over by car to get that plate so why not.
The irony is that Robocop is a real thing (well not the cyborgs yet). Most of the buildings in downtown detroit have been bought up by Dan Gilbert. HE has his own private security force that patrols the area and they do have drones. Honestly, compared to the detroit police (as a 40 year resident) i've never felt safely than with the security presence he installs down there. He runs so many businesses down there and owns so much property he keeps his employees (and tenants) safe. But of course this is how the Robocop movie begins
@@Nefville lmao, The downtown joke is that we're all waiting on it. And he's got us passive enough where we'd probably be okay with it until the 3rd or 4th accidential murder
we are already cyborgs, just depends on the level folks are at. even carrying around a phone all the time or having in earbuds technically make you a cyborg.
I just want my kid to have vision restored in the eye that is now only a prosthetic. But would I want my brain transplanted into a cybernetic/biological machine? Yes. Yes I would.
I wish you luck that they would have something for your child soon. I wish no child would have to suffer in any way. I'm sorry you and your child had to go through that.
Prototypes were shown for contract lenses that showed a HUD and had a built in battery. One needed to wear the receiver or game device and had a time limit of 2 hrs for safety. Video’s over at Tested with Adam Savage
Mechs are cool but super impractical. They are just taller more visible tanks that can be knee capped instead of tracked. They would also have the issue of the amount of weight being put into a very small and literal foot print that would cause a mech to sink in soft ground that a tank would easily be able to drive over.
"We have the means- we have the technology. We can make the world's first bionic man. Including cost overruns, ladies and gentlemen, I give you- the $600 Billion Dollar Man!"
i have been saying for quite some time it will be easier to engineer humans (we're already on the way) than to terraform mars, or any other planet. we already have robots there, if i could fit my brain into a machine than can do what i already do **cough cough** and still play the guitar, then sign me up. i would like a helicopter attachment....
Its ok if Cyborg Tech takes a while to catch up to the mobility of real limbs. They can just attach a recently dead persons limbs to you instead with a much better result after some physical therapy. It a lil bit freaky. lol.
I think it would be most reasonable to concentrate on senses regarding cyborg tech and if you really wanna be able to punch through walls or run like a gepard, that would be more leaning towards exoskeletons or at some point powerarmor. And combining for example bionic eyes and other heightend senses with an exosuit you arent permanently binded to, or maybe you are, would probably find a wide variety of uses. Like construction worker or delivery, fire fighters and ofc sadly the military. Atleast i think it would make sense to advance human sense and create a body that can better utilise said senses without heavily modifying every part of the human body
So, whatever makes you you, gets information from every memory you have experienced, what you have learned, and somehow presents this to your brainstem so you can drive what you want to happen. Some abilities are almost instinctive. Until we understand these processes, there is no way we can augment memories, etc. by using technology. Before we could make a cyborg, I would suspect we could create dreams, or real-time hallucinations of a previous memory that seems real to us by tapping into our brain with similar signals to 'us' our drive/will. Which would be pretty cool to relive some memories in my 20s. The next step would be to actually choreograph dreams, or share dreams, using a computer much bigger than in the movie Inception.
Cyborgs have been a reality for quite awhile. I used to work with a guy who got a cochlear implant, and the borg tech didn't detract from his humanity.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. - Some Tech Priest
