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AnimalCyborg Sharks: The Military Has a New Toy A brief look at how the military is attempting to understand how sharks interact with their environment in order to use neural implants to manipulate the shark's movement.
Explores the workings of the brain-computer interface connections with a look at both non-invasive technologies as well as invasive technologies that do everything from aim to restore function to disabled persons, to improving upon or augmenting existing functions.
An examination of the genre of the science-fiction anime genre ‘mecha,' specifically shows like Transformers, Gundam Wing, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Mecha are large robotic machines with degrees of human traits ranging from human pilots to human machine hybrids that bleed. Common motifs in this genre are explored and offer insights into the human relationship with this violent technology. |