My dream · 3:06pm Aug 21st, 2013
I've always been fascinated with human augmentation. And power armor too, but that's for another day.
In short I have a disturbing tendacy to put an inordinate amount of time into researching technologies to enhance the capabilities of the human body. I really wouldn't mind becoming a cyborg, and thanks to trusty stem cell regen research I probably wouldn't even look that different from a regular person. I just want to be able to punch a T-72 and have it die, is that too much to ask? Below is a little list I compiled of emerging technologies that I would think would be awesome to augment the body with.
1: Replace the entire human skeleton with titanium replacements. When I say this, I don't mean lace the bone with a titanium brace like most surgeries do, I mean outright take the entire bone out and put in a fake bone made from titanium. I wouldn't mind a lot of the scars that would probably come from all the surgeries. Still researching this one.
2: Forcefully induced Myofibrillar hypertrophy. For those of you who don't understand huge sciency words, this is basically genetically engineering my muscles so actin and myosin contractile proteins increase in number and add to muscular strength.
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Okay dumbing it down again. I use science to make my muscles more powerful. Like, a lot more powerful.
3: Exocortex. Improving the brains functions with computer bits. Like, implanting a calculator chip in the area of the brain that handles mathematic equations, getting a few terabyte or even petabyte storage chips implanted into the memory storage portions of the brain, ect... I could even get internet connection in my mind! How cool would that be?
4: Maybe a few sensory improvements too, like cybernetic/bionic? eyes. They could allow me to see outside the visible spectrum(Infrared, night vision, ultraviolet) and even have a laser designator! Because you never know when you need to call down an artillery strike, or put on a snazzy presentation for your colleagues. Not to mention cybernetic ears.
And as for other senses like smell, we can just rely on genetic engineering to improve those ones.
THE FLESH IS WEAK!!!
