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Rigorous Science

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Q&A Augmentations - Jumping high!

I am trying to make a reasonable augmentations. The settings is post cyberpunk, so the tech is little more advanced. For coolness I would like to have ability to jump around 5 meters high ground-le...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Prahara‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Prahara‭

Question biology cybernetics
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Q&A Would cybernetic implants allow humans to use biofeedback to boost their performance to superhuman levels? If so how far could we take it?

So I was surfing this website which gives rpg stats for various fictional characters in various media, when I came across this character called "The Frenchman" who apparently uses biofeedback to bo...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Jacob Blaustein‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Jacob Blaustein‭

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Q&A How to keep the emotions when the brain-in-a-jar is connected to a cyborg body

Let us assume that Science has discovered how to keep a brain alive outside the body, that mind-machine interfaces are advanced enough to connect the CNS to electronic hardware and communicate mean...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Geronimo‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Geronimo‭

Question brain cybernetics
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Q&A How long do you think advanced cybernetic implants would plausibly last?

I've been trying to answer this question for a premise involving a cyborg being out of touch with modern civilization for a prolonged period of time, and the roadblock I keep hitting is that counte...

11 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Z. Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Z. Schroeder‭

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Rigorous Science External ATP Synthesiser Plausibility

Assume a civilisation with futuristically advanced knowledge of biochemistry. Assume it wants to develop a cybernetic device meant to facilitate the organism's ability to perform high-power activit...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by vicky_molokh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by vicky_molokh‭

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Q&A Mechanical/Cybernetic Replacement for Eye and Optic Nerve

My character has a prosthetic, or technically you could say a bionic or cybernetic, left eye. For one reason or another, the replacement eye couldn't be connected directly to the optic nerve. Inste...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Axolotl‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Axolotl‭

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Q&A What would be the ideal power source for a cybernetic eye?

After nearly a decade of development and public prototypes, the Mizaru company is ready to unveil the cybereye. A fully cybernetic eye that provides its user/host with high definition vision, enhan...

22 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭

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Q&A Feasability of miniature nuclear reactors for humanoid cyborgs

The idea is to build a cybernetic body for a human. Only the brain and a few glands related to emotions, like adrenal glands, will be kept. The brain and the glands will be in a closed, plug-and-p...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Geronimo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Geronimo‭

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Q&A What is the most pratical/feasible method to replace the human digestion apparatus?

Objective: Replace the human digestion apparatus (stomach, guts etc) From my basic understanding the human body needs food, because it needs ATP (energy unit, some kind of sugar(?)) or you could s...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Could a human body survive the shockwave from a 2 megajoule explosion?

And if not, how could you reinforce it so that it would? I'm trying to figure out if it's realistic in any possible way for a cyborg to dodge or deflect a bullet, and while my initial assessment of...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Z. Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Z. Schroeder‭

Question cybernetics
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Rigorous Science Could Using Technology to monitor the thoughts of a human mind be possible?

I had this one idea of having the government create chips that monitor the thoughts of prison inmates as a way of preventing future crimes. At the same time still, give them a degree of freedom and...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Red_Wasp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Red_Wasp‭

Question cybernetics
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Q&A How much memory is needed to record a human thought?

Mind-Machine interfacing is fairly common across the width and breadth of sci-fi, from Science-fantasy to Hard Science-Fiction. The idea of connecting a human mind to a computer system especially t...

14 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Trismegistus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Trismegistus‭

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Q&A What sort of cybernetic/genetic enhancements would make sense for cold-blooded soldiers leaving their natural habitat?

In the world I'm building, there's a race of sapient, technologically advanced lizard people, most of whom live in an enormous, climate-controlled city. Based on the answers to this question, it se...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭

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Q&A How quickly could a cyborg determine that a bullet has been fired from the sound alone?

L.Dutch made a worthwhile observation in an answer to a different question: Moreover for close range shots there is almost no time to react and move the limb: for a shot fired at 20 m, with a s...

7 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Canina‭

Question cybernetics cyborg
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Q&A Could a cyborg catch a bullet?

Let's assume you have access to some pretty crazy tech but that you still have to obey the basic rules of biology. If you build your cyborg so that the only remaining squishy bits are the brain and...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A The Six-Billion Dollar Man: Oxygen. Do we have the technology?

We can rebuild him. We have the budget... but do we have the technology? In the process of reviewing the proposed enhancements for the Six Billion Dollar Man the following was discovered: Enh...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A The Six-Billion Dollar Man: Vision. Do we have the technology?

We can rebuild him. We have the budget... but do we have the technology? In the process of reviewing the proposed enhancements for the Six Billion Dollar Man, such as improved oxygen use, the fol...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Samuel‭

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Q&A How do you power a cyborg?

In this answer about how to design the ideal cyborg, I said: ... Use electric tissue to power the machines. Cyborgs need some way to generate electricity when mechanical parts are invol...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Zxyrra‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Zxyrra‭

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Q&A With today's technology, how much of the human body could be replaced by cybernetics?

In the last few decades there has been a lot of progress in the development of prosthetic limbs. They can be operated by the user's nerve pulses, they can be fitted with simple touch sensors, and c...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by D-Nate‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by D-Nate‭

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Q&A Powering Adam Jensen

Background A common staple in science fiction is the idea that we can augment humans by replacing limbs with mechanical substitutions that enable superhuman feats - weightlifter like strength in a...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Carlos Danger‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Carlos Danger‭