Iron Man 2 and the cyborg technology offshoots

Iron Man 2 raises important questions for the transhumanist or rather, the posthumanist. In the movie, we see the US Senate committee demanding that Tony Stark, the man behind the iron man to surrender his creation for purposes of national security. Tony Stark interestingly defends his position by stating that the fundamental definition prescribed to him is wrong since he considers the CYBORG SUIT as an advanced prosthesis ! I personally think that would probably be the first direct reference in popular multimedia culture to interconnect the "prosthesis" and the "Cyborg".
I especially enjoyed the gadgetry on display in the movie and it is completely incredible that much of it is already here and is happening as the movie was being watched ! One such incredible example is the coffee table where Tony dissects the voluptuous biography of Scarlett Johannsen is already in place in the form of Microsoft's "Microsoft surface" !

Then what I also enjoyed watching was the incredible Minority report style hand gestured displays becoming three dimensional with those nifty sound effects, when Tony throws out old ideas into a basket of all things !!! It's really incredible considering that Microsoft's surface technology is now almost two years since it's preliminary launch in 2008 !Now even Tony's antics in Iron Man 2 can best be described as nearly futuristic because just around the corner, you have several examples such as Intel's 3d screen where 3d images are rendered thanks to hyperthreading in real time !

In the movie "GAMER".. users control real human beings as computer game characters. This concept is already here in the form of the latest revolution or rather a revelation in the form of Project Natal, the super awesome human interface powered video games which has been around for some time and keeps getting better.

One of the most sincere efforts to human interfaces which will blow the perceptive views on the cyborg world is the SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY being developed by Pranav Mistry.

I find it increasingly irking that the "Cyborg" concept as a lifestyle has really kicked off nicely in recent times in direct proportion to the predictions or rather parallel universes in movies and other forms of mass culture. The reason is because of the lower importance being placed on finding cheaper technologically based prosthesis for land mine victims and improving research on
cheaper pacemakers ! Now that would be in keeping up with "humanism" after the "trans" part. Until that day or night whichever comes first, we will continue to have Iron men flying around.

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