What is a cyborg you ask? Well, for those who are not very familiar with the great universe of science fiction, a cyborg is a being who has a body made up of an organic and cybernetic parts.Generally, the objective of this union is to improve the organics through technology .
A Russian billionaire named Dmitry Itskov has some interesting plans in hand. Itskov wants to become immortal to mingle with machines and so in 2011 he founded the Project 2045 Initiative. The technological singularity is strongly related to this initiative.
Continuing the theme, the project has four phases:
Phase A : between 2015 and 2020 would develop robotic bodies identical to ours that we can manage through a brain interface. This idea is the central plot of the film Surrogates, indeed.Similar brain interface technologies already exist.
Phase B : 2025 is planned to transplant our brain to an artificial body to prolong our lives.
Phase C : between 2030 and 2035 is expected to have bodies to which we transfer our minds, similar to that seen in the movie Avatar, but in this case the body would be robotic.
Phase D : The last step would be developed between 2040 and 2045. We would transform into beings who do not need a physical body and that would form part of the Internet, which would allow us to quickly go to any place in the world and do anything you want, practically. In case you have to interact with the environment, would be done by holograms.
To meet its objectives, Itskov probably need more money than you have now. We tried to raise funds through the biggest billionaires in the world, but has not had much luck. Now scientists hired on his own and has a letter to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, commenting on its proposal to bring humanity to the next generation.
What do you think about this initiative?
