Re: Perfesser Sy Borg makes his debut

From: Simon Veitch <simon@c031.aone.net.au>
Date: Wed Aug 26 10:27:23 1998
Newsgroups: comp.sys.wearables

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> This guy claims to be the first cyborg:
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ts/story.html?s=v/nm/19980825/ts/chip_2.html
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> Anyone wearing a HMD connected to a belt computer is much
> closer to a cyborg than a guy who had a dummy transponder
> stuffed under his dermis. /// snip ///

And if all it takes is a pet finder or an HMD and fancy belt buckle to achieve
membership of the mechanical fraternity, where does that put Stelarc (who is
certainly more wired than most of us wetware types)?

	http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/

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