From expanded vision to immortal bodies, these screen depictions have all stretched our understanding of what technology could do to humans.
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Powered robotic devices designed to enhance the wearer’s physical capabilities are being developed for an increasing range of uses.
Scientists are creating additional robotic arms, legs and thumbs to push the boundaries of what can be achieved by the human body.
Science fiction doesn’t just introduce us to speculative technologies – the genre explores how they might affect society too.
Will bionic humans, augmented by hi-tech prostheses and microchips, be a benefit for humanity? The reality is more mixed.
“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.” William Gibson, Count…
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