"Cybernetic, Bionic, and Bio-Augmented Soldiers " Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Jun 2017 2:47 p.m. PST |
"Space is often regarded as the final frontier, while some believe that Earth's own oceans are a more realistic final frontier of exploration and understanding…however, there others that believe that our bodies are the true great scientific mystery to be solved and controlled. In science fiction, the human body is a symbol of the scientific and technological progress, and its control is via the familiar cybernetic enhancement and biological augmentation paths. In this article, we will be looking using these upgrades to the human body through a military lens to examine how future warfigthers could be made better, stronger, and faster through the use of technological and scientific advancements along with the genetic engineered soldiers and cyber/bionic warriors of science fiction. The definition for cybernetics speaks more to the understanding of "communication and automatic control systems in both machines and living things", but in the common understanding it is the replacement of biological limbs, organs, and systems with mechanical ones that attempt to work organically with the patient's body. This is visually represented by soldiers with robotic arms, legs, eyes, and even nanobots floating around internally and is designed to increase the defensive and offensive abilities of soldiers in all military roles from snake eaters, to pilots, to clerks. We often see cybernetic enhanced soldiers in popular media have greater strength, increased reflexes, and increased jumping height and distance. These machine-based enhancements are often very apparent and immediately communicate to anyone that these cyborg soldiers are separate from the rest of humanity. In some ways, cybernetics is more of the "hardware" upgrade to soldiers that has to integrate into the body with varying results…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Russ Lockwood | 01 Jun 2017 3:02 p.m. PST |
John Scalzi (?) did a book a decade ago about turning the elderly into little mean green fighting machines to battle out in space. Can't remember the title off the top of my head… |
PMC317 | 02 Jun 2017 12:59 a.m. PST |
Russ Lockwood – Old Man's War. It's the first of a trilogy. Bloody good trilogy too. |
Tango01 | 03 Jun 2017 10:48 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the comendation!. Amicalement Armand
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