Leading Scientist Says "Human Cyborgs Will Be Among Us In 20 Years"

Leading Scientist Says "Human Cyborgs Will Be Among Us In 20 Years"

With the Surrogates dropping in on theaters this coming Friday night and the recent Terminator Salvation movie giving us a dose of cyborg human killing machines, I thought you would be interested on when this stuff will become reality.

By jman1977 - Sep 23, 2009 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Terminator
Source: www.worstpreviews.com

Sounds like in 20 years we will all be in a different world. Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims that with the advancements in technology and our ever increasing knowledge of genes human's will be immortal:

"Kurzweil calls his theory the Law of Accelerating Returns. "I and many other scientists now believe that in around 20 years we will have the means to reprogram our bodies' stone-age software so we can halt, then reverse, aging," he said. "Then nanotechnology will let us live forever."

He continued: "Ultimately, nanobots will replace blood cells and do their work thousands of times more effectively. Within 25 years we will be able to do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, or go scuba-diving for four hours without oxygen. Heart-attack victims – who haven't taken advantage of widely available bionic hearts – will calmly drive to the doctors for a minor operation as their blood bots keep them alive."

"Nanotechnology will extend our mental capacities to such an extent we will be able to write books within minutes. If we want to go into virtual-reality mode, nanobots will shut down brain signals and take us wherever we want to go. Virtual sex will become commonplace. And in our daily lives, hologram like figures will pop in our brain to explain what is happening."

Kurzweil concluded: "So we can look forward to a world where humans become cyborgs, with artificial limbs and organs."

I know this isn't Comic Book news but the possibility of Cyborg's running amok on the streets is soon to be a reality, and that in it self is news worthy. Maybe the Terminator franchise can get some fresh new ideas now about the sequel to Terminator Salvation.

If your from the greater Portage/South Bend IN area check us out, Jman and Johnny Love, at the Portage 16 IMAX Theater on Friday night, September 25, as we review The Surrogates!

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 8:30 AM
Well, we're all [frick]ed the lol!!!

Don't ppl learn! ; D

Say NO to CLONES and CYBORGS! You heard it here first, well that is if we get passed 2012 LOL!
LexLuthor
LexLuthor - 9/23/2009, 8:32 AM
DAMN YOU SKYNET!!!
Bamf7
Bamf7 - 9/23/2009, 8:34 AM
weird.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 8:37 AM
EVERYONE RUN!!!!
LexLuthor
LexLuthor - 9/23/2009, 8:37 AM
DAMN YOU SKYNET AND YOUR WORLDWIDE EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES!!
SuperPowered
SuperPowered - 9/23/2009, 8:38 AM
Awesome! I'm getting a Cindy Crawford and a Giselle.
Whispers68
Whispers68 - 9/23/2009, 8:40 AM
i wonder how many random phone calls Sky Net receives from dooms day theorists, passing off threats to destroy their facilities to stop the terminators from taking over the world

I could imagine their voice-mails.
Boekelaar
Boekelaar - 9/23/2009, 8:42 AM
I like the idea of immortality but writing books in minutes? there's no art to that. but yeah i think the obvious out come is the nano bots gaining self awareness and taking over the planet. they'd better be insulated otherwise if theres nuclear war the emp will kill us all.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 8:46 AM
Im still waiting for the flying cars lol, id give this 100 years before anything like this ever happens! Heh, i wonder if their employing at SKYNET??? : D
superdog
superdog - 9/23/2009, 9:10 AM
virtual sex? who wants that bullshit. the real thing will always be the best.
Shadowelfz
Shadowelfz - 9/23/2009, 9:11 AM
Seriosuly, Leee. I think twenty years is a bit too soon. I understand that technology accelerates at an ever increasing rate, but cyborgs in twenty years? Just seems a little unreal. Bionic limbs and nanites to augment blood cells maybe, but replacing them all together?
UltimateHobgoblin666
UltimateHobgoblin666 - 9/23/2009, 9:15 AM
living forever ,cool. we can keep the batman movies going forever and won't have to worry about replaceing actors.

RIP heath ledger
TheJester
TheJester - 9/23/2009, 9:40 AM
We will never be immortal.

BLITzSTREAK
BLITzSTREAK - 9/23/2009, 9:57 AM
2012 is a bunch a bullshit listen to this mayan dude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr__EgM3c9U
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/23/2009, 9:58 AM
THEY WILL TURN US INTO SILVERHAWKS.
Mileena16
Mileena16 - 9/23/2009, 10:07 AM
they are NOT going to touch my body and make me immortal or put any of that nano-shit into me goddamn that's just scary
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 9/23/2009, 10:09 AM
this sounds a little more like science fiction than science to me.
YogiDonnie
YogiDonnie - 9/23/2009, 10:10 AM
I don't take much stock in guys that make perdictions like this. Twenty years ago I was fifteen. I use to love reading about scientist saying what the world would be like in twenty years.

The coast was suppose to be flooded because of global warming, robots where suppose walk among us, space tourism, ect ect ect.. Not even the internet is totally what they "perdicted". That was 1988. Go figure.
TheHardGospel
TheHardGospel - 9/23/2009, 10:20 AM
Who would have ever thought that the same race of species that invented fake dog sh*t would ever come this far?
Mileena16
Mileena16 - 9/23/2009, 10:26 AM
oh and another thing, if this is true then the goverment will probaly shove this down our throats
superdog
superdog - 9/23/2009, 10:47 AM
so who needs steroids then. just shoot up some nanites and cheat technological style.
bsprecher
bsprecher - 9/23/2009, 10:54 AM
Cyborgs will never get any action ;P
Betty
Betty - 9/23/2009, 10:54 AM
rrrightt
markyd21
markyd21 - 9/23/2009, 11:09 AM
uh huh, like flying cars and hover boards...
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/23/2009, 11:36 AM
I want a few clones of myself, the world could use some more of me damn it!
Rokrad
Rokrad - 9/23/2009, 12:31 PM
And if we have wireless chips in us what prevents that from being hacked or given a virus.
AvengingAngel1022
AvengingAngel1022 - 9/23/2009, 12:47 PM
we will never be immortal
theartofoneness
theartofoneness - 9/23/2009, 1:16 PM
I look forward to it. There is infinity to discover and if you arent excited about that then you should find out why. Perception is everything. If we are simply energy and we know it now then extended our lives to that degree isnt rediculous. It just means we get to go on living far longer than expected and become great beings. I see it as possible the next stage in evolution. It doesnt look the form evolution normally takes but it shouldnt look that way if we are going into something completely unseen by our civilization before.
future0fcomixs
future0fcomixs - 9/23/2009, 1:50 PM
ok so if this all happens then what will there to live for? it just wouldnt work, the thing that makes us HUMANS unique is that we all are diffrent, if people start tunring us into robots we will have no meaning....
antz1104
antz1104 - 9/23/2009, 1:51 PM
Yep, we're fracked. It's like that sealab ep where they were cyborgs and debated which side to fight on: "I mean c'mon! You'll have the strength of 10 GORILLAS!"
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/23/2009, 3:13 PM
Teabag- You would be the second one shot out of that cannon, I think we all could agree supermike should go first.
HarrisonBergeron
HarrisonBergeron - 9/23/2009, 3:14 PM
Cyberdyne does not just make endo-skeletons, they make full on life like cyborgs.

http://gadgets.softpedia.com/news/Repliee-R-1-Robot-Looks-Like-a-Real-Girl-360-01.html

My question is, who the fucl would name their robotics company Cyberdyne?
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/23/2009, 3:53 PM
Teabag- he's missing in action, and the nation sleeps safely.
Duhdaduh
Duhdaduh - 9/23/2009, 5:14 PM
chyeah sure
GunRyder
GunRyder - 9/23/2009, 6:47 PM
Yeah and who's the muther [frick]er controlling these nano bots.
superdog
superdog - 9/23/2009, 7:13 PM
skynet obviously. or perhaps bill gates.
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 9/23/2009, 8:10 PM
mark of the beast?
TheTopherTap
TheTopherTap - 9/23/2009, 8:25 PM
dude ask Mr Smith if you want answers gunryder, cause it's his world and we're just livin in it!

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TurdFergunson
TurdFergunson - 9/24/2009, 9:11 AM
no worries...we will destroy ourselves with war and pollution before robots even get a chance to move in on us.
but i say let robots drive our cars before they take over our bodies.
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