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Bionic eyes

I'm on a NASA tech mailing list. Today they posted an article on an advancement in photoreceptor tech which could eventually be used to build bionic eyes. While this may not be exactly robotics, the tech could eventually be used to advance robotic site.

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Friday 04 January, 07:33
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Evolution and Eyes

Darwin said himself that the ocular system in mammals impressed him the most, revealing the power of evolution. It would seem a shame not to use this technology for robots, as you said. I believe cyborgs are a good short/medium-term solution...

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Friday 04 January, 08:28
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cyborgs

As a long time fan of the Cyberpunk genre (primarily through RPG's such as CyberPunk 2020 and ShadowRun), "cyber-technology" frightens me. This whole area of research opens up a Pandora's Box of philosophical debate mostly centred around the question of "is the cyborg still human?" I think the research is valid and could be incredibly useful, but that doesn't change the fact that the questions it raises scare me.

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Friday 04 January, 11:36
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Short Term Threats

There's very little risk in the short term, but once again the potential of this implies that it won't be ignored... just like cloning!

Kevin Warwick (the black sheep of academic AI) was the first guy to implant himself with a chip. He want's to be able to communicate his feelings to his wife without speach... Crazy! Technologically it's nothing special, but he's trying :O

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Friday 04 January, 12:13
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Artificial Eyeball

Same story over on BBC News: Scientists Create Artificial Eyeball.

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Sunday 06 January, 10:40
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