Cyborg and Bionic Systems: Signposting the Future

Information Systems - a Cyborg Discipline

This paper argues for a model of information systems in terms of cyborgs – a boundary-crossing mixture of the technical and the social. The argument for this model is substantiated from the personal experience of the author, presented as examples of being a cyborg researcher within a disciplinary context. Lessons for information systems are drawn.

The Past, Present and Future of Bionic Vision

The WHO, world health organization, estimated that in 2002 there were 161 million (about 2.6% of the world population) visually impaired people in the world. This staggering number leads many researchers and scientist to develop methods and devices to aid or cure blindness. This paper goes over the current and past methods used to help the blind as well as future research into methods that wil...

Bionic hand exoprosthesis – Perspectives for the future in Romania

Prosthetics is a modern area of interest and a challenge in Orthopedics. Over time, there has been a transition from an artisanal method of prosthetics production to modern concepts and materials, including a re-education through virtual reality. The conditions for an efficient fitting of a prosthesis include the necessity that the prosthesis respects the form and function of the lost limb, bot...

Cyborg Intelligence: Towards Bio-Machine Intelligent Systems

Cyborg beetles.

T he common housefly is a marvel of aeronautical engineering. One reason the fly is a master at evading the handheld swatter is that its wings beat remarkably fast—about 200 times a second. To achieve this amazing speed, the fly makes use of complex biomechanics. Its wings are not directly attached to the muscles of the thorax. Rather the fly tenses and relaxes the muscles in rhythmic cycles th...