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CYBORGS - A PORTMANTEAU

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 A cyborg is portmanteau of " Cyb ernetics and Org anism" is a being or is an identity with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan.S.Kline. In the future of humankind, brain implants could improve our memory.  Implanted magnets or RFID  (Radio Frequency Identification) chips implanted in our fingers could replace passwords and keys .  Exoskeletons could boost our strength, and augment a whole range of our human capabilities .  So, it will never be more important to keep the features that make us human, such as empathy, creativity or the ability for change . But yes this is also the fact that, it is not easy to find the right balance between technology and being human, though. People imagine cyborgs usually as mean creatures combining some human and superhuman features in a robotic body . Movie characters such as the Terminator, Darth Vader or the Borgs in Star Trek come to mind. But you do not h...