Hello, my name is Matt and I'll be your tumblr for the evening. I'm 19, Canadian, and studying cognitive science at Carleton University. Since no one outside the program knows what that means, my two core subjects are linguistics and computer science. I'm also not very good at being brief! But I try to make my walls of text somewhat friendly.
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Here’s a fascinating video about modern prosthetic technology. Don’t be fooled - it’s actually not a viral ad for Deus Ex, unless it’s an amazingly convincing one. It’s a legitimate short documentary that tries to see if the kind of stuff in Deus Ex is actually possible in the year 2011. The blind man who can see, at least a little bit, because of the chip in his retina? CRAZY. Even crazier? Robert J. Sawyer wrote about something like this happening in his 2009 novel Wake. Though I admit the possibility that it had been done before he wrote about it, and I just wasn’t aware.
The HUD is pretty cool, as are the prosthetic arms. And the prosthetic legs. Ok, fine, it’s all cool. Technology is awesome.
