You are correct. It has to be implanted and be a machine or electronic device. My eye's lens replacement I got back in 2006 counts - unlike the old style lenses, it sits on struts and will focus, powered by the eye's muscle. People with artificial joint implants are cyborgs. A pacemaker or a cochlear implant makes you a cyborg. A prosthetic or Google Glasses or sewing a useless chip under your skin does not.

Most cyborgs are geezers. You will be assimilated... if you're lucky.

Warwick's no cyborg, he's a loon. Mann doesn't seem to be playing with a full deck, either.

You're looking at this like it was a legitimate business, rather than the thievery that it is. This is like coming home to find your central air unit ruined because thieves stole the copper. The thieves net maybe a hundred bucks, you're out ten times that much. It isn't like the bot herders PAID for the electricity and use of the machines, they broke in and stole that electricity.

Except he's not a real cyborg. No artificial knees or hips, no eye lens or cochlear implants, not even a pacemaker. I, on the other hand, was assimilated in 2006 when I had a focusable lens implanted in my left eye to replace the natural lens. I was severely nearsighted all my life and wore thick glasses, then had contacts AND reading glasses in middle age. Now not only do I no longer need corrective lenses, I have better than 20/20 vision. I see better than a kid, and I'm 61.

Resistance is futile? When the time comes there will be no resistance, you'll beg to be assimilated. I love being a cyborg! Beats the hell out of wearing coke bottle glasses!

The scene in that one STNG where there's a closeup of a needle going into Picard's eye? Yeah, that actually did happen to me (only it was a human named Dr. Yea that stuck the needle in... and yes, I was awake. Freaky but painless).

It bottoms out at $35. Still a great deal, beats the hell out of AT&T. A phone like mine (waterproof Kyocera Android Jellybean), $50 signup fee and first month's payment is about $200 total. All it's missing is a front facing camera (the rear facing one is pretty good, 5.5 megapixels). Boost Mobile, I've been with them for years and are happy with them.

Nah, you can get that for free on YouTube.

..what do they sound like?

Like earbuds. Not exactly high fidelity, but what earbud is? I'm wondering how well they handle high frequencies, though, which magnetic buds do easily. Thermoacoustic seems like it would be quite a bit slower than electromechanical.

I wonder what manufacturing costs are compared to magnetic earbuds?

Interesting concept, though, whether or not it's really practical.

What does that have to do with robots, inspecting ship's ballast tanks (which unless I'm mistaken a careless captain wouldn't damage), how dangerous it is for human inspectors?

Not even anything about how cool that thing looked rolling around corners upside down? This was one FA that was worth looking at, I was impressed. The video is a must-see.

How often does the government manage to make anything that is even fit for purpose, never mind better than everything else out there.

Weapons, every time they make a new one, and they spend lavishly. Snowden was pulling in $200k a year, that's serious money.

This is a bad article and the editors should feel bad.

Don't blame the editors, stories are voted up or down by logged-in users. Nobody made you click the link, go play in the firehose if you want to affect what's posted.

I was at work so didn't see it, but I'd have voted "funny".

Also don't use Windows......ever

That's kind of hard to do at work. And if the NSA wants to pwn my Linux box I'm sure they can.

He must be really tired from trying to stay relevant.

Probably more like stoned out of his mind. I wonder how slow this tech will make your computer?

That line in TFS, "experimenting with chemicals"... I did that as a kid. When I almost burned the house down my dad took away my chemistry set. Someone needs to turn in their nerd license. Call a spade a spade, it isn't "experimenting with chemicals" it's "abusing drugs." An eight year old making gunpowder is experimenting with chemicals.

McAffee is a loon. Does he really think he can outwit the NSA'a army of network engineers and computer scientists? If the NSA wants your communications, they'll have them. McAfee's as well (and most likely already have the plans to his device with countermeasures already in place).

Thanks, but it looks like other folks had plenty.

I just said pretty much the same thing to someone who took offense at the comment. "Deviant" shouldn't have a negative spin, charity is deviant behavior. Mother Theresa exhibited deviant behavior. People shouldn't be so uptight about words and instead look at the word as communicating exactly what the dictionary says it communicates.

FWIW I pity gays because of the bigotry they're subjected to. I especially dislike the "God hates fags" preachers and feel especially sorry for a gay that wanders into one of their churches. God loves everyone and your sins are no worse than mine or anyone else's and are none of my business.