Deus Ex real human augmentation vid

Published 26 August, 2011 Duration 12:32

Real-world transhumanism explored.

Comments (20) Latest comment 9 months ago

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  • bigjimbeef #1 9 months ago

    That was a superb video. Simultaneously extremely interesting and a convincing incentive for buying Deus Ex. Not that I really needed one.

  • fizzyfish #2 9 months ago

    I would have appreciated a warning for 0:12-0:15! Yikes.

  • Felwyn #3 9 months ago

    ...and so it came to pass that William Gibson (father of cyberpunk genre) was a precog.

  • butler` #4 9 months ago

    that be some good trailer-ing

  • SuperFLI #5 9 months ago

    this is freaky. never knew that prosthetic limbs and other such had gotten so far along. the future is looking closer and slightly stranger than i would have thought. but very informative
    ending like a badass with a cigarette in the dark. nice.
    Edited by SuperFLI at 26/08/11 @ 11:51

  • Golgo #6 9 months ago

    My Mum has retinitis pigmentosia like the Finnish guy in this vid and is going blind with it too. (Still a keen gamer, mind!) Too late to help her now but I'm really excited to see this technology as this horrible defect carries down through the genes. I and my son have been lucky, but it could manifest further down the line.

  • dadrester #7 9 months ago

    the banana bit :o

    Funny (well not funny... odd) how all the Americans in the video had their legs arms and eye blown off in gun/firework/explosives accidents.

  • Sodding_Gamer #8 9 months ago

    That video was absolutely amazing. Very interesting and sells Deus ex big time.

  • kikilkiki #9 9 months ago

    Really interesting piece even if it is only a marketing gimmick. Anyone know what the music is at 3:50?

  • bushwod #10 9 months ago

    This was great. I'm going o be look at DX:HR in a different light when it finally arrives...

  • TexMurphy01 #11 9 months ago

    Very interesting and a nice little extra here.

  • Ahskay #12 9 months ago

    This advancement will raise moral questions in the future. I'm wondering, if i had the money and it was perefectly safe. Would i willingly go into surgery and have my arms and eyes replaced for better versions?

    For people who have accidents, disease and etc... it's a natural given that they could and want to use this but i'm talking about perfectly healthy people. And what does this means for global warfare? What with private companies doing upgrades only for the filthy rich, not even moviestar rich but the really rich people in the world?

    That's a scary future...

    In the meantime i'll enjoy Deus Ex.

    edit; Thanks for the really interesting video btw
    Edited by Ahskay at 26/08/11 @ 16:42

  • silversun #13 9 months ago

    Amazing video.
    Really is intresting to see.

  • Spekingur #14 9 months ago

    @Felwyn: By imagining things we are already affecting what will be created. Just look how Star Trek has affected our culture. Would things have been developed in the way they have been if Star Trek had never existed?

  • orpheus #15 9 months ago

    Good vid... the future is now (or something)...

  • JadedSoul #16 9 months ago

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  • crickson #17 9 months ago

    It seems to me the big challenge still lies in the integration of the prosthetic with the body. These limbs are still worn on the outside and when they are reading the nerve impulses, generally do so by monitoring muscle movement beneath the skin.

    I used to be part of a research team studying biological/implant interfaces: http://tinyurl.com/3wgxkm6 In an ideal world you would connect these artificial arms and legs to the skeleton so that the forces generated by walking etc are transmitted through the bone and not the soft tissue. The limb would be permanently grafted so you'd have a socket of some sort protruding through the skin. Once in position, it could directly interface with the neural tissue like the retinal implants. Tricky problem is getting the body to see the implants as "self" and keeping bacterial away from the protrusion through the skin.

  • crickson #18 9 months ago

    Oh, and as far as 'moral issues' goes: people have every right to replace parts of their body with whatever the hell they want and anyone who doesn't like it can go F themselves.

    There, that's my considered moral opinion as a scientist.