Oh, it's surely coming when we can transfer our consciousness into machine bodies.

I expect it quite soon, in fact.

Imagine all of those people that have not had the privaledge to do what we take for granted? Children with meningitis just one example, amputees, etc the list is endless. Bio mechanical engineering will be a blessing to those but and theres always a but,
Lets just hope that this will not be another thing being swallowed up by the military.

What about people who are not disabled can we use those computers? Keyboards are so large and take up too much space

[edit on 10-3-2010 by SuperSlovak]

This will lead to the first neural interfaces used by the military to interface with drones and eventually armored exoskeletons in 20-25 years.

Eventually it will also find its way into cell phones, which should be far more powerful than current desktop computers by that point.

This whole topic is turning into a bad version of surrogates the movie. A lot of you are missing sense. First who wants to live forever trapped here and never move up into a more unified concupiscence. Second the brain is not a self contained unit and removing it from the body it will not function on its own there is growing evidence that memory is not contained in the brain.

Everyone seems to get sucked into this advanced machine attitude as if the be all end all is science when science can't offer proof of anything with certainty. The dream you are all discussing is the world elitist philosophy of physical immortality. They seek to be as gods, it is really quite childish. I would much rather claim our true inheritance instead of some illusory version of immortality.

Originally posted by ISHAMAGI
This whole topic is turning into a bad version of surrogates the movie. A lot of you are missing sense. First who wants to live forever trapped here and never move up into a more unified concupiscence. Second the brain is not a self contained unit and removing it from the body it will not function on its own there is growing evidence that memory is not contained in the brain.

Did the evidence grow from nothingness to a made up idea in your head?

Originally posted by Amaterasu
Oh, it's surely coming when we can transfer our consciousness into machine bodies.

I expect it quite soon, in fact.

S & F

That is what it would take for us to become "immortal" - living as long as you want, or until someone cuts off your power supply.

As for a good application of this, consider interstellar travel. If you are immortal, then travelling for perhaps thousands of years to get to another planet around a distant star doesn't really matter.

Originally posted by RestingInPieces

Originally posted by ISHAMAGI
This whole topic is turning into a bad version of surrogates the movie. A lot of you are missing sense. First who wants to live forever trapped here and never move up into a more unified concupiscence. Second the brain is not a self contained unit and removing it from the body it will not function on its own there is growing evidence that memory is not contained in the brain.

Did the evidence grow from nothingness to a made up idea in your head?

No its called quantum mechanics my memories may actually be contained in your head.

Originally posted by ISHAMAGI

Originally posted by RestingInPieces

Originally posted by ISHAMAGI
This whole topic is turning into a bad version of surrogates the movie. A lot of you are missing sense. First who wants to live forever trapped here and never move up into a more unified concupiscence. Second the brain is not a self contained unit and removing it from the body it will not function on its own there is growing evidence that memory is not contained in the brain.

Did the evidence grow from nothingness to a made up idea in your head?

No its called quantum mechanics my memories may actually be contained in your head.

If your memories are anywhere in me, they are in a place where the sun doesn't shine.