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1924 Cyborg

HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
edited 2011-07-03 09:17 in General Discussion
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http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/machineman_1924.htm

The cyborg has been around a lot longer than many people realize, as this Machine Man from 1924 illustrates. Writing in Hugo Gernsback's Science and Invention magazine, Joseph H. Kraus & H. Winfeld Secor put forward their design for Homo Artificialis; an early model cyborg where a man's organs have been replaced with mechanical substitutes that are hooked in through the carotid artery and jugular vein. As an added touch, the 1924 cyborg is also equipped with an oxygen tank and a supply of concentrated, predigested food for his mechanical digestive tract that takes self-sufficiency just a bit too far.
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