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Cyborg

A cyborg (/ˈsaɪbɔːrɡ/) is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. It is a portmanteau of cybernetic and organism. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline. In contrast to biorobots and androids, the term cyborg applies to a living organism that has undergone restoration of function or enhancements of abilities…

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Origins

Cyborg tissues in engineering

Actual cyborgization attempts

Practical applications

Future scope and regulation of implantable technologies

Cyborg Foundation

In fiction

Animal cyborgs

Bacterial cyborg cells

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Cyborg

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related to Origins · 27
Cyborg → As, Captain Future, Clynes, Deirdre, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmond Hamilton, He, In, Jean, Kline, La Hire, Le Mystère, Manfred, Mars, Moore, Nathan, Nearly, No Woman Born, Nyctalope, Simon Wright
related to In space · 25
Cyborg → Advancements, Although, Another, Clynes, CO2, Earth, Experiments, If, International Space Station, Kline, Life, Manfred, Mars, NASA, Nathan, One, Rose, Sending, So, Stephen Hawking
related to Animal cyborgs · 24
Cyborg → Backyard Brains, Bluetooth-enabled, February, In, Kickstarter, Mental Health, Michigan, Nanyang Technological University, National Institute, North Carolina State University, Other, PETA, RoboRoach, RSPCA, Several, Singapore, TED, TED Global, The, The RoboRoach
related to In art · 23
Cyborg → Between, For, Giger, He, However, Internet, Lee Bul, Manel De Aguas, Marco Donnarumma, Moon Ribas, More, Neil Harbisson, Orlan, Patricia Piccinini, Quimera Rosa, Shu Lea Cheang, Some, Stelarc, Steve Mann, The
related to Bacterial cyborg cells · 20
Cyborg → Academia Sinica, Bacillus, Berkeley, Biomedical Engineering, California, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Davis, Department, Escherichia, In, Lincoln, Moorella, Nebraska, Researchers, Scientists, Taiwan, The, These, University
related to Actual cyborgization attempts · 18
Cyborg → Additionally, BCI, C-Leg, Dobelle's, In, Initially, Integrum, Jerry, Jerry's, One, OPRA, OPRA Implant System, Otto Bock HealthCare, Prostheses, Swedish, The, This, William Dobelle
related to Future scope and regulation of implantable technologies · 17
Cyborg → According, American Food, Biohacks Technology, Drug Administration, FDA, For, Given, However, If, It, More, RFID, River Falls, Swedish, These, Three Square Market, Wisconsin
related to Cyborg Foundation · 16
Cyborg → Awards, Barcelona, Cre, Cyborg Foundation, Forward Filmmakers Competition, Grand Jury Prize, In, Mataró, Moon Ribas, Neil Harbisson, Rafel Duran Torrent, Spanish, Sundance Film Festival's Focus, Tecnocampus Mataró, The, US
related to Cyborg tissues in engineering · 15
Cyborg → April, Bruno Maresca, Candida, Cells, For, It, Likewise, Materials Research Society's, MWCNT, MWCNTs, Raffaele Di Giacomo, Such, The, This, When
related to Evolutionary perspective · 13
Cyborg → Charles Darwin's, Clynes, Darwinian, Hans Hass, Hass, Homo, In, James Lovelock, Kline's, Novacene, The, They, While

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