How close are we to develop cyborgs?
The answer to this question depends on what we consider to be a real cyborg. The standard definition for this term is only a person who is integrated with parts of machines. According to some intuitive definitions, even a person would wear glasses or driving a car is considered a cyborg, although it usually refers to closer integration than this. Even a stricter definition is anyone with an implant with moving parts - such as those of us with pacemakers, cochlear implants or heart pumps - are real cyborgs.
According to many definitions, the development of the Cyborgs has already been carried out. However, when we hear the word "cyborg", we often think of cyborg in sci -fi, which tends to have more extensive synergy with mechanical components than a person with a pacemaker. Cyborgs in sci -i can have elevated bones and muscles to run faster and have greater endurance or artificial eyes or other sensory organs to increase perception. The development of cyborgs and consequences that result from themí, they are science.
The development of cyborgs more sci -fi has not yet been achieved, even if it raises the question, will we ever say, "Now the real cyborgs really exist?" As technology gradually progresses, every new step - if it is not a huge breakthrough - may seem relatively secular. But judging by the 2008 sci and previously, the cyborgs seem to be, as in human beings with artificial eyes, ears, muscles, bones, organs and/or advanced nervous prosthetics, can be developed between 2030 and 2040, perhaps earlier.
Research that contributes to the development of cyborgs has been underway for decades. We have printers that can print synthetic bones, although they lack a porous structure found in real bones. We even have printers that can print tissue cells, but are relatively slow. Scientists quickly make progress towards exceptional synthetic eyes that are alreadyAd -advanced enough to allow previously a blind person to carefully drive a car in the parking lot of the Research Institute. Artificial noses are also developed and some progress has been made.
Cyborgs development is an additional process that will last for decades, but billions of dollars in research funds are already focused on allowing technologies. Market demand for spare parts of the body is in billions of dollars, and the humanitarian value of this technology is virtually unbreakable. More futuristly, some Cyborg technology users do not have to settle for mere therapies and instead use this technology to improve in some way. This opens the huge battery of ethical questions that we are starting to discuss today's seriousness.