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I don't use /sci/ so if this is better asked elsewhere I'll delete the thread but if/when prosthetics reach a point where they are both an improvement over their actual counterparts and affordable, would you get anything voluntarily replaced? If so, what?

I'd like to leave brain enhancement out of this thread as I think it's big enough to be its own topic.

>> No.9826576

>>9826557
No because unless it's semi-biological then it will always need a battery and charging. I don't think there's any way to continuously charge a battery using your bodies resources or operate the prosthesis without.

>> No.9826600

>>9826576
Bioreactor? You may not be able to directly use your body to power it but you could potentially feed in carbohydrates from your food supply. It wouldn't be that much different from the requirements of your own body.

>> No.9826611

>>9826576
Battery life, capacity, charging time and even wireless energy transfer have all come a long way but couldn't you just charge it as you sleep?

By "improvement over their actual counterpart" I'm assuming they'd be functional enough that it's not a hindrance.

>> No.9826626

>>9826557
Are you following the industry at all?
3D printers are revolutionizing the industry allowing both a degree of customization that was impossible a few years ago and also dramatically lowering the price. Even 3rd worlders are using 3D printed hands and the like.

>> No.9826640

>>9826626
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YwDoLA-IRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWL13vvi94s

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1489003

>> No.9826650

>>9826557
depends on the costs and benefits. Brain enhancement I'd do immediately as long it's relatively safe and that it leaves room for further improvement.
>>9826626
>>9826640
And yet, prosthetics are still inferior to regular limbs by a great amount. 3d printers are allowing us to make the same limbs we've been making for decades fit better, they aren't solving the big problems necessary to make prosthetics as good as regular limbs.

>> No.9826669

>>9826650
The point of Prosthesis is to help people. 3D printers have allowed us to help a lot more people. It is a great thing.

As for your make as good as regular limbs. Well did you ever think that 3D printed parts are a pre-req to that step?

>> No.9826705

>>9826669
>>Well did you ever think that 3D printed parts are a pre-req to that step?
they aren't. They're a lateral and possibly backwards step in that direction.

>> No.9826708

>>9826705
>they aren't.
iPhones are a pre-req to true AI and solar system colonization

Prove me wrong.

>> No.9826827
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9826827

>>9826650
>the big problems necessary to make prosthetics as good as regular limbs.

Can anyone give a quick rundown on these? What's standing between us and Deus Ex arms?

>> No.9826831

>>9826705
>backwards
Explain, please.

>> No.9827899

>>9826557
I wouldn't do it voluntarily, but if it was needed I wouldn't be as worried about losing a limb.

>> No.9827924

>>9826827
The ability to directly connect nerves with computers and just back together with other nerves. So basically we have to end paralyzed people before we can truly have the best arms.

>> No.9828293

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Ur1VUoB1k