Review: Discussing the Future of Humans in 'Cyborg: A Documentary'

Are cyborgs the future? A question that humanity always loves to ask, hoping that one day technology will be advanced enough to actually make this a reality. Though it is already a reality nowadays, however it's still a rather taboo topic - especially in the medical community. There's a new documentary showing this year titled Cyborg: A Documentary, which recently had its world premiere at the prestigious CPH:DOX Film Festival in Copenhagen. Directed by Carey Born, the film is more of a biopic than any kind of provocative look at tech, introducing us to a Spanish "cyborg" man named Neil Harbisson. He was born color blind, unable to see any colors at all (only monochrome), so he convinced a doctor to implant an experimental chip into his brain. The antenna comes out of the back of his head and the small camera on the front computes the colors it sees, and transmits them back into his brain as sounds (various tones). Now he can essentially "hear" color, which has given him an extra sense & different perception of life as a cyborg human on Earth. // Continue Reading ›

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