Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible, Sixth Edition

Part 5: Human Interface

Cyborgs—creatures half man, half machine that inhabit the nether reaches of space and the imaginations of viewers of Star Trek: The Next Generation—differ from the union of you and your computer only in a matter of degree. They represent the intimate interconnection of human neurons and post-silicon circuitry, where human-like bodies receive direct signals from a master wireless network, including modest directives of the nature to subjugate, enslave, assimilate, or destroy Earth. Cyborgs are most scary because they are imaginable, understandable, and—we shudder with growing awareness—possible sooner than we think.

Scary, too, because you're already directly communicating with your computer. You've used your thoughts ...