The New Human (part 3)

Already, neurological interface can be achieved through simple receptors placed on your body. Originally designed for prosthetics, this technology can activate linked mechanical equipment by thought alone with devices that scan your brain waves and interpret the signals. As an example, a person with a few of these receptors could cause a linked robot arm to make a fist, release, move around and pick something up by doing the same actions himself. Remote operation of robotics through thought is already working technology, and it isn’t a stretch to imagine where we will go with it next. Robotic “Power Suits” are currently in use in shipyards and factories where workers have to do heavy lifting, assisting the worker with loads much heavier than a normal human can carry. The next step is seeing humanoid military robots being remotely operated by soldiers safely hidden away—we already have been using flying military drones operated the same way for many years. If things do not progress this direction, then we may instead see soldiers equipped with powerful robotic arms and legs in robotic combat suits. But the inevitable, along these transitional stages, is something chilling…