Canadian Rob Spence, who lost his eye in a shooting, has replaced it with a video camera.
Body hacking will let us turn ourselves into avatars with superpowers.
Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey: Releasing the Music in Your Head.
A few years ago MIT Media Lab hosted an event that took a look at the "new science of human adaptability" (this link includes live webcasts from the sessions).
In June 2007 MIT Media Lab and MIT held a think tank "Virtual Worlds: Where Business, Technology and Policy Converge," at which the topic was also well covered.
The fact of the matter is, whether it's Rob Spence or Aimee Mullins and her "cheetah legs," the human body is a work in progress. As ever, we're one step closer to the day when I can upload my consciousness into a snazzy new fembot. I know, I know, it's not that simple! But a cyborg can dream, can't she?
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