DNS
11-09-2003, 01:29
It had started off slow, the hardcore computer geeks getting neural brain-to-computer implants. After the year 2700 most regular people regularly got those implants. This was the beginning of the end of "pure" humans, elves, dwarves, etc.
By the year 2800 the first of the enhancers were created, designed to augment the human muscles to allow for better preformance.
It is now the year 3456, the beginning of the cyborg renaissance has begun. Every part of the body can now be replaced for a minimal fee, often with over 300 times the efficiency of the natural part.
One such cyborg we will focus on to show what has happend. His name is Daniel Har'a-Taug, but most of those who know him call him Dan. He works as a research engineer at the DNS-2 college of engineering. He sports little biological material in his body, most of what is left is the skin, brain, reproductive organs, and parts of the digestive system. All else is handled by machine.
His eyes can zoom to the nano-meter wave, his ears can detect infra-sound. His nose can detect 1 in a million parts of something. He can top out at 310 kilometers per hour, and his arms can bend a bar of pure titianium. His brain has been enhanced to run at 70% of total capacity. He suffers no problems with this set up, his batteries are charged when he lies in his bed, which transmits the electricity to metal ports on his back.
The total cost of the enhancements was little over $1000 USD in real world dollars.
He is considered average.
A moral question was posed recently in the DNS-1 Times, "If someone is more machine than man, are they really man?"
By the year 2800 the first of the enhancers were created, designed to augment the human muscles to allow for better preformance.
It is now the year 3456, the beginning of the cyborg renaissance has begun. Every part of the body can now be replaced for a minimal fee, often with over 300 times the efficiency of the natural part.
One such cyborg we will focus on to show what has happend. His name is Daniel Har'a-Taug, but most of those who know him call him Dan. He works as a research engineer at the DNS-2 college of engineering. He sports little biological material in his body, most of what is left is the skin, brain, reproductive organs, and parts of the digestive system. All else is handled by machine.
His eyes can zoom to the nano-meter wave, his ears can detect infra-sound. His nose can detect 1 in a million parts of something. He can top out at 310 kilometers per hour, and his arms can bend a bar of pure titianium. His brain has been enhanced to run at 70% of total capacity. He suffers no problems with this set up, his batteries are charged when he lies in his bed, which transmits the electricity to metal ports on his back.
The total cost of the enhancements was little over $1000 USD in real world dollars.
He is considered average.
A moral question was posed recently in the DNS-1 Times, "If someone is more machine than man, are they really man?"