Fiction To Reality

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Since the release of Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Man That Was Used Up’ in 1839, regarded as the oldest record of ‘man meets machine', the idea of embedding technology into human behavior has always intrigued the most curious minds

There has also been a lot of activity in the fields of neuroscience and neurotechnology. Elon Musk has invested a hundred million euros in Neuralink, a company that is developing electronic brain implants to facilitate direct communication between humans and machines.

It is a well-known fact that some animal species have highly developed and powerful sensory organs which can aid their survival: sharks can detect electromagnetic fields, dolphins can hear through their bones, bats can ‘see’ through sound, and so on. In parallel, the surge in cyborgism gives hope to the belief that cyborgs may help increase the survival rate and adaptive qualities of humans in threatening conditions.