How Close Are We to Creating Cyborgs?

[@mattball420]

Neil can see IR and UV light but he cant see that wack hair cut on his head

[@scienceunbound460]

😂

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

He can't see it...the camera can. What he "sees" is a false-color representation of what the camera sees. The human brain can't process IR and UV images no matter what you attach it to.

[@mattball420]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 there's always that one guy.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@mattball420 an FOV issue, maybe?

[@mikegLXIVMM]

If he's trying to stand out and be noticed, that may help.

[@korygurman6638]

The Bluetooth tooth sounds like an artistic dig at the people who said their dental fillings were picking up government communications

[@BaronVonQuiply]

03:24 It's what the Nintendo Power Glove was sold to us as

[@joelpits]

The real problem with an arm that can punch through a wall isn't the arm, but the biological portions it's connected to. Just because the prosthetic limb can take a thousand pounds of force, that doesn't mean the bone it's grafted on to will be able to survive the impact.

[@PetrSojnek]

Sure, but at the same time there might be a way around it. I'm thinking sledgehammer is basically extension of your arms and you can definitely "punch" through a wall using it without harming yourself too hard. What I mean is, maybe there will be some dampening needed or so, but I don't think it's completely impossible.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

yeah.. Its the warp drive conumdrum. Even if you can protect from oncoming atoms, without some magical "inertial dampeners", you would end up a splatter of liquid and biological matter a split second after you hit the accelerate button for the Warp Drive.

[@joelpits]

@@PetrSojnek the head of the hammer takes most of the kinetic force, but it's not grafted directly to bone. The reverberations from the impact would transmit along the structure straight to biological components. I'm not saying it's impossible, just a real and difficult hurtle. We can mess with exosuits (lotta protypes out there), but their main issue is the person inside. You have to limit mechanical devices to account for biological limitations.

[@PetrSojnek]

@@joelpits I honestly think it's more or less a dead end. It's good for prosthetics obviously, but It's much easier and cheaper to make a remote controlled robot.

[@Mad_Intellect]

@rptrm82 WHAT!?? 🤣🤣

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

I worked my entire career in the VA hospital prosthetics department (1984-2008). It's remarkable how much progress was made during those 24 years. All motivated by the tendency of military institutions to impair normal human functions by putting them in borderline lethal circumstances.

[@Smith1980]

so the thousands of auto accidents constantly happening, home and industrial incidents, genetic disorders and such play no roll is your stance? its just the military institution is what " all motivates " the need for this ??

[@Yukimaru0]

@@Smith1980 It's more like the military institution is what pays for it because they knowingly put people in life or death situations that can and often do leave people permanently crippled. If the military did nothing to help vets recover from life altering injuries than there would be far fewer people willing to sign up for military service.

[@Smith1980]

@@Yukimaru0 agreed ! And of course !! The government most likely pays for those reasons. On top of that whom else has all tha Dark DARPA whatever it's called. Defense funds. To keep 🇺🇸 on top of robotics technology, reasarch concerning making better extremities branches off to research concerning prosthetics. Control and interface technologies and the like.. But yeah the US is deep in the game. But for many reasons. In fact all three of us mentioned some.

[@Smith1980]

@@Yukimaru0 Generally government pays alot in most research & development endeavors on base exploratory studies into new technologies because most companies dont have and/or are not willing to invest the nessessary funds into such research. There is usually no foreseen profit for many times its unknown what fruits the research mite bare. So yeah us government

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

Sounds like a title a Cyborg would write, I'm onto you, Whistler...

[@eddsson]

Hah!

[@TheDarkplace]

One issue for current prosthetic users such as eyes is firmware updates and support. I've read articles about patients getting stuck with dead prosthetics with no manufacturer support and no way of removing them because the manufacturer went bankrupt 😶😭

[@rabidwire]

I almost dated a guy who had a magnet implanted at the end of one of his fingers. He did electrical engineering and could feel sensation when something was powered. It kept him from getting shocked. I thought it was brilliant.

[@Sairin13]

Why "almost?" With the magnet man, were you not attracted? Or maybe he could feel that there was no spark between the two of you. Or maybe you were both interested but there were external factors that caused resistance. Maybe it was a love/hate relationship and he was Dipolar. There are so many reasons that it could have not worked. What can I say, love hertz.

[@daikansanchez7674]

@@Sairin13 Badum Tss.

[@michaelshelling8738]

I was hoping that this would be mentioned. I have heard about it but I am not convinced about how good an idea it is at the moment.

[@jeremymoses7401]

Simon secretly wants to be a warhammer 40k dreadnaught

[@kirklinhillenbrand1094]

I hope to one day live long enough for full body cyborgs like in ghost in the shell

[@psycurity8766]

I love this lighter side of Simon...it's like he's been cut loose from the bonds of the KZbin algo and is just goofing around with these interesting subjects. Cool Stuff!

[@sirsir9665]

I was thinking the same ever since he read that Nicholas Cage thing and broke character cuz it was just so funny they kind of let him a bit more loose but I actually like it

[@pr0xZen]

"I got a bluetooth tooth implant" _The CIA already knows your location_

[@guydotjpeg]

Imagine another magnetic storm or whatever. That’d be an irl scene out of a horror movie if any of this comes to fruition.

[@TheCode_Null]

"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me." praise the omnissiah.

[@PeachM0de]

“Mind control implant”? Think Doc Oc in Spider-Man 2018 for PS4 by Insomnia.

[@leeroyloke8415]

About the Bluetooth/Morse code feature: Tapping out wireless Morse code communications with a tooth sounds like something useful for a WW2-era/dieselpunk or classic James Bond (e.g. Sean Connery years) spy story.

[@dracoargentum9783]

I just love it when Simon is giving his infos and suddenly the ludicrousy of what he's saying forces laughter.

[@djdksf1]

Eyeborg guy should use his tech savvy to fix his Emo Philips haircut.

[@uncle_thulhu]

You scoff at the Bluetooth tooth, but that thing would be *incredibly* useful for covert operations.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Beer? Of course. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@scooby45247]

im not worried about robots, automatons, or cyborgs.. im worried about humanity dying because of humans, namely the rich ones..

[@la1sk203]

I am waiting for Simon to reference his clones when time comes to cover cloning.

[@joncrow3228]

It’s a new arms race! (Couldn’t resist)

[@Ilyak1986]

"Replace all the fleshy parts! Put my brain in a jar!" Simon wants to become Adam Smasher, confirmed =P

[@ilajoie3]

Kevin's been busy. Decoding the Unknown, Brain Blaze guest and now this. I'm starting to fear that his circumstantial evidence example came from experience

[@ThatWriterKevin]

I have no idea what you're talking abou

[@ignitionfrn2223]

@@ThatWriterKevin We see you popping on all how these channels : A-BLAZIN !!!

[@DarkZodiacZZ]

There is also a possibility that there are more than one Kevin and Simon has to replenish his stock of Kevins on regular basis.

[@ThatWriterKevin]

@@DarkZodiacZZ This isn't Venture Brothers. Simon doesn't just have an entire room full of Kevin and Danny clones

[@sammysiegel6683]

@@ThatWriterKevin ja auch uns nichts so viel zu tun hat er soja auch n nichtoch tun haben wir uns

[@quellenathanar]

The exoskeletal systems made by Raytheon are pretty interesting as far as enhanced ability.

[@TheLoneTerran]

I'd very much like cyborg heart and lungs. I've heard of one artificial heart type that just uses nautical propellers, I guess also called rotating screws, that operate quietly and move blood around the body at a continuous pace instead of the way a real heart pumps, the pulse, relax, pulse, relax, pattern that all blood vessels deal with to some extent. Apparently saves a lot of wear and tear on the circulatory system. But that many have a very hard time adapting to it, they think, because of the primal terror someone gets when they cannot feel their heart beat. That's probably been with us for millions of years. It's said this is the preferred way to artificial hearts since many of the issues from mechanical hearts today which can sometimes last less than a year is they try to recreate the pumping motion. And upgraded heart and lungs would be quite excellent, possibly adding decades to your life span, supposedly. People who were not embalmed before burial still had their heart "beating" until too much decomposition took place.

[@wiredvibe1678]

Yea that pump heart sounds pretty dope

[@MosoKaiser]

I recall reading a magazine article of a guy who was waiting for a heart transplant. He had a temporary artificial heart put in for the waiting period and it was of a continuous flow type. Said it was a really odd feeling of not having a heart beat.

[@wiredvibe1678]

@@MosoKaiser I looked it up it's not a replacement, more like an auxiliary

[@danielduncan6806]

Nobody has ever heard their heart stop. If your heart stops, you have either already passed out as it was happening, or you are dead.

[@wiredvibe1678]

@@danielduncan6806 it is definitely possible to hear your heart stop.

[@Carmoflage]

Simon: "Tapping your teeth to communicate with someone in morse code is silly!" Me: "This is some straight mission impossible spy gadget stuff goining on! Or even helpful if you want to do some trickery at a casino..."

[@Draegn]

But it would totally suck if one of them grinds their teeth at night.

[@Carmoflage]

@@Draegn simon said something about "via bluethooth"; simply disconnect if you're going to sleep.

[@Iris_and_or_George]

A cool arm punching robot arm? Nice🤗

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

Im so glad you do this channel! Never ever leave! always do the science, LIVE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE, FACTBOI!!!! Rofls! :P XD

[@klepow]

There are those 3D printed prosthetic thumbs that you strap on, opposite your real thumb. It's meant to allow you to hold more tools at the same time. As a pet stylist, these interest me. They say they are almost like having a third arm.

[@bryanmahnke805]

"From the moment I understood the weakness of flesh..."

[@trishg1358]

I have a cardiac pacemaker and a spinal neuromodulator. I have to charge my spine battery every second day using a wireless charger. I definitely look forward to a future where I can replace my faulty meat suit with a sweet robot rig 👾🤖

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:55 - Chapter 1 - Where we are now 4:10 - Chapter 2 - Where we're going 10:20 - Chapter 3 - Where we want to go

[@davefrancisjarrett3563]

This topic deserves further investigation at evenly spaced intervals.... might one suggest 18 months?

[@53kenner]

I remember the 6 Million Dollar Man TV show -- he had an artificial arm and legs ... and could lift a car. I kept wondering who gave him the metal spine... I'm amazed it wasn't mentioned in his list of popular fiction. After all, it was based off the book titled "Cyborg".

[@jeremyborder6794]

I’m really not surprised that Kevin writes this show. He does all the internet mysteries for Decoding the Unknown as well as good guest scripts for Brain Blaze

[@taironus]

apparently simon wants to be a ghost in a shell...

[@onemorechris]

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Neil in real life. A very funny and interesting guy both on stage and off. A genuine champion for all this cyborg stuff, leading front in a surprisingly sensible and thoroughly throughout way too

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.

[@Dolly-bc1dy]

Everyday I discover another one of Simon’s channels and everyday I subscribe

[@sandybarnes887]

Are you up to 14 yet?

[@ctakitimu]

As smart as Neil Harbisson is, why did he give himself a 'village idiot' haircut? Also Simon, your brain is already installed in a robot...it's just a squishy one. Weird to think we're all just brains in a pitch black and silent container, with every single experience fed to us by electrical impulses and some self made chemicals.

[@Reddotzebra]

He's an artist. That's enough of an explanation to cover any behavior. 🤣

[@gifttanz]

@@Reddotzebra as an artist I'd like to say this is not a limitation for decent hair style taste XD

[@wingerding]

It's like the plume of a peacock. He's peacocking to get attention, how else do you explain this moon girl wanting to tooth up with him?

[@NihilistAlien]

Eeeeeh no. We're not "just" that, your paradigm is 90 years old and quite frankly challenged if not obsolete

[@OlyChickenGuy]

This video was really interesting, with a lot of well researched information! It's also the video I've liked the best, so far, from this channel. The other videos, I think, are a bit too... 90s-flavored chaos, and fast paced for myself? This is also fast paced, but doesn't feel like a speedball trip, either.

[@joshuaperry8729]

I thought it had been to long since Simon created a new channel. Nice one Simon keep it up hahah.

[@jordanshreds747]

Get that man a beer!

[@Mecha82]

With words of Iron Hands Space Marines, flesh is weak.

[@DeliveryMcGee]

I'm going to need a new knee joint soon. :( I don't want to have my leg sawn off and reattached with metal in the middle! Though it would be pretty cool conversation starter afterward. But annoying at the airport.

[@PokeRetroFan]

all this is really exciting. would be cool to have a bionic eye, a red one

[@anicoleww]

Epic that he chose TOOL! Love TOOL!

[@shiftymcgee9359]

I think Maynard James Keenan’s mother was disabled. So an ALS patient’s love of Tool is kind of amazing to me.

[@pskarnaq73]

Simon has 27 videos in the last 3 days.... he's not real, y'all. He's a simulation. We've all fallen for it, but it's now clear.

[@phantomechelon3628]

Simon IS the Lawnmower Man...if you've not seen the movie I recommend it. 😉

[@pskarnaq73]

@@phantomechelon3628 lol... movie and book. Perfect!

[@Nipplator99999999999]

So what happens when the 2 people with Bluetooth teeth are eating? Do they just annoy the hell out of the other one?

[@ThatWriterKevin]

There's only two people who have them, so you'll have to ask one of them.

[@Nipplator99999999999]

@@ThatWriterKevin well someone mental enough to think of that idea isn't exactly who I am in a hurry to have a conversation with.

[@An0therR0gue]

I agree the tooth thing is rubbish, but I do think a false tooth could be useful. For example, an ear implant (for incoming sound), a subdermal mic in the tooth (for outgoing sound), and a bionic eye (to display a semi-transparent image of the person calling), could all combine and replace your moble (mostly). You would probably need to wear a tranmitter on your trousers (abit like a pager) for now, but I think that should be close to possible resonably soon.

[@JesusChristDenton_7]

"Do you know what humanity's greatest weakness is? Humans consistently ignore the endless infinity of possibilities in favor of maintaining the status quo. People fear change, they settle with fine when they could have exceptional."

[@foomanchoo5409]

I'm reading you load and clear Simon......I should start a wall repair company for all those wall punching Cyborgs.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I want to become cyborg, but unfortunately, I'll probably be dead by the time that technology is available for everyone.

[@stevesloan7132]

"We can make him better than he was before. Better. Faster. Stronger!"

[@b1646717]

May have to renegotiate that price tag.

[@DFSJR1203]

2 artificial knees, 2 artifical hips, 2 artificial shoulders, lots of metal fixtures in back. I guess that makes my wife a cyborg.

[@slayingroosters4355]

Maybe just stop beating her so much 😂

[@mattyt1961]

Simon wants to punch through walls.... I want to wear a grey coat, a grey hat and save the world from Dr Claw

[@vincentochs637]

I don't think many people are thinking through the problems of transplanting their brains into a robot or cybernetic biological body. Your brain is used to your body your reach, height,finger toe size,diet, and most importantly your bio- chemistry. Chances are you'd go into a complete psychotic state that is irreversible. The fine tuning needed for such a complex procedure is nearly impossible, or at the very least something that won't be attainable until the distant future.

[@charliemiller8599]

You should do the jeagers in pacific rim. That would be cool to see if it’s possible. Obviously the drift might be far fetched

[@ThatWriterKevin]

We may or may not have covered mechs in an upcoming video

[@Yukimaru0]

Mechs are cool but super impractical. They are just taller more visible tanks that can be knee capped instead of tracked. They would also have the issue of the amount of weight being put into a very small and literal foot print that would cause a mech to sink in soft ground that a tank would easily be able to drive over.

[@ThatWriterKevin]

@@Yukimaru0 Accurate

[@Diomeyer]

Simon is spot on with the cyborg arm thing. You would have to replace a metric shit ton of body parts to be able to punch through a wall. Firstly it isn't the arm the generates most of the force to a punch but rather core rotation and the use of legs (you know, all that kinetic chain bs) so you would need to build one helluva arm to generate more force than pretty much the entire human body. And if you could lift of an arm like that in the first place there's the thing that it would definitely break some body parts if they weren't reinforced. Especially if don't manage to punch through 'cos some of the force that's generated is directed back to your body. So like my momma used to say: "If you're going cyborg go all the way."

[@sharonawaldschmidt3622]

Interesting top, never thought of myself as a cyborg because of the plate in my left shoulder, but I think I might start describing myself that way now 😝 I survive being run over by car to get that plate so why not.

[@joelpits]

So you're basically robocop?

[@SkunkApe407]

I love the theme music for this channel. Very Space Odyssey.

[@RS-ls7mm]

We are already pretty good at making zombies. Cell phones seemed to have eliminated any semblance of normal behavior.

[@Reddotzebra]

There's also the less impressive but still mildly useful RFID implants. These were originally developed for pet ID tags, but since there's nothing stopping you from making one with a re programmable RFID chip a bunch of people have basically chipped themselves. What's the use of these? Pretty much anything you can think of that uses an RFID chip, you could clone your bus card on there and then freak people out by paying for your fare by just swiping your hand over the receiver, RFID door keys are also an option but those just suck in general, so I wouldn't recommend it. So on the whole not much use aside from impressing people who think this sort of thing is cool I guess.

[@wiredvibe1678]

The government might find it very useful to keep track of who has been vaccinated

[@nicolevanderpool1252]

Prototypes were shown for contract lenses that showed a HUD and had a built in battery. One needed to wear the receiver or game device and had a time limit of 2 hrs for safety. Video’s over at Tested with Adam Savage

[@danielduncan6806]

Cybernetics is already in play, and has been for many decades now. A great example would be a pacemaker; it is nifty little piece of cybernetics that gives a heart a little jolt to keep it beating regularly. That started regularly being used in the 1960's.

[@unkemptjargon91]

All that just made me think of the movie Battleship, "Is he a Cyborg?!?"

[@alexcheetah79]

Have to admit that this is my favorite of Simon's channels.

[@CashelOConnolly]

It’s not one of Simon’s channels,he just narrates it for other.

[@paulbarnett227]

Yes, was thinking of the cochlear implant. Awesome tech. 👍

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i have been saying for quite some time it will be easier to engineer humans (we're already on the way) than to terraform mars, or any other planet. we already have robots there, if i could fit my brain into a machine than can do what i already do **cough cough** and still play the guitar, then sign me up. i would like a helicopter attachment....

[@devandestudios128]

I just want my kid to have vision restored in the eye that is now only a prosthetic. But would I want my brain transplanted into a cybernetic/biological machine? Yes. Yes I would.

[@jaredevildog6343]

I wish you luck that they would have something for your child soon. I wish no child would have to suffer in any way. I'm sorry you and your child had to go through that.

[@themeanestkitten]

As soon as cybernetic eyes become as good or better than human eyes, i'm getting a new left eye. The one i have now sucks🤓

[@kght222]

we are already cyborgs, just depends on the level folks are at. even carrying around a phone all the time or having in earbuds technically make you a cyborg.

[@nathanmichael167]

The irony is that Robocop is a real thing (well not the cyborgs yet). Most of the buildings in downtown detroit have been bought up by Dan Gilbert. HE has his own private security force that patrols the area and they do have drones. Honestly, compared to the detroit police (as a 40 year resident) i've never felt safely than with the security presence he installs down there. He runs so many businesses down there and owns so much property he keeps his employees (and tenants) safe. But of course this is how the Robocop movie begins

[@Nefville]

I _really_ hope they have an ED-209. On a level surface 😂😂

[@nathanmichael167]

@@Nefville lmao, The downtown joke is that we're all waiting on it. And he's got us passive enough where we'd probably be okay with it until the 3rd or 4th accidential murder

[@fsj197811]

One hurtle they're going to have is the power supply when it comes to the strength portion. Even perception wise, how often do you want to have to plug in your eyes to recharge them??? Now if they had some kind of micro generator built in that runs off body heat that would take care of the problem for lower requirements but probably not for large stuff that does lifting/movement. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@jeremyflanders9088]

I remember reading there was a break through with synthetic eyes a few months ago.

[@erichale838]

This is totally true. A member of the North Carolina state legislature (Rep. Becky Carney) is a cyborg who suffered sudden cardiac death in 2009.

[@JRS3540]

I bet those artists only have the bluetooth teeth as proof of concept. Next step: bluetooth genital implants.

[@thegoodtony3339]

I love the content I REALLY do but it's definitely the Buzz Killington on my fantasies.

[@dylanrobinson7137]

Simon this change needs to blaze!

[@mendmywings7238]

I have a magnetic implant in my finger for sensory augmentation. I can sense electromagnetic fields now

[@matthewhodgson7388]

I am going to take a shot in the dark and say that Simon hasn't seen robocop

[@wiredvibe1678]

It would be cool to have one or two extra arms, but I'd prefer to have them attached to a backpack rather than permanently attached to my body

[@jorgelotr3752]

Moon Ribas seemingly also had feet implants that allowed her to detect earthquakes, but she took tem off a couple of years ago.

[@theayatollahofrockandrolla]

I think it's awesome to see what writers can make Simon lose his shit.. it's adorable.

[@Eloise_Please]

The tooth idea would actually be pretty useful for people who work as spies or in the military... wierd but pretty cool 😄

[@putinscat1208]

So, whatever makes you you, gets information from every memory you have experienced, what you have learned, and somehow presents this to your brainstem so you can drive what you want to happen. Some abilities are almost instinctive. Until we understand these processes, there is no way we can augment memories, etc. by using technology. Before we could make a cyborg, I would suspect we could create dreams, or real-time hallucinations of a previous memory that seems real to us by tapping into our brain with similar signals to 'us' our drive/will. Which would be pretty cool to relive some memories in my 20s. The next step would be to actually choreograph dreams, or share dreams, using a computer much bigger than in the movie Inception.

[@kcollier2192]

"We have the means- we have the technology. We can make the world's first bionic man. Including cost overruns, ladies and gentlemen, I give you- the $600 Billion Dollar Man!"

[@giese39]

I think it would be most reasonable to concentrate on senses regarding cyborg tech and if you really wanna be able to punch through walls or run like a gepard, that would be more leaning towards exoskeletons or at some point powerarmor. And combining for example bionic eyes and other heightend senses with an exosuit you arent permanently binded to, or maybe you are, would probably find a wide variety of uses. Like construction worker or delivery, fire fighters and ofc sadly the military. Atleast i think it would make sense to advance human sense and create a body that can better utilise said senses without heavily modifying every part of the human body

[@emmetcone1990]

I mean, technically speaking we already have cyborgs. Anyone with a pacemaker is technically a cyborg

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

Its ok if Cyborg Tech takes a while to catch up to the mobility of real limbs. They can just attach a recently dead persons limbs to you instead with a much better result after some physical therapy. It a lil bit freaky. lol.

[@EAcapuccino]

07:09 - Nice! I'd like to have titanium arms! 💪😁

[@noone.unknown]

There is a Tradition, you find a new channel of simons and you subscribe

[@613aristocrat]

With the crossover of technology between VR and cybernetics, I wonder which will become a reality first?

[@wile-e-coyote8371]

Dont know about all these electronic implants. If we keep this up, we might have to implant grounding jacks in our posteriors in order to avoid bodily damage from lightning strikes.

[@okletmesignup]

Cyborg Simon.... Simorg

[@mr.deadbutdreaming9628]

The blue-tooth could possibly be used to sneak information

[@nicwilson89]

7:42 Tapping your tooth to send a remote message is all well and good but...what happens when you're eating? It'd be like the other person receiving illegible spam, possibly whilst you're eating spam if you're enough of a troll lord