There was an awesome article in the news recently about a Finnish guy who lost a finger and replaced it with a prosthetic containing a USB drive. Living proof that not all cyborgs are packing flamethrowers and crap. And also that they are generally computer geeks. If I were a cyborg, I'd probably wind up breaking myself within the first few days. I don't have a very good track record with complex electronics. I might be able to get away with being one of those old-school steampunk cyborgs, though. That would be all sorts of awesome, especially if I looked anything like Pygmalion, with all the clockwork and neo-classical motifs.
I'm going to have to call bullshit on 'first cyborg', even in the context of 'non-weaponized-or-neuromechanically-integrated cyborg' (hello, pacemakers? cochlear implants?) but it's good to see an everyday cyborg getting press.
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