Real life, Actual aguments

[FoolOfWorms]

From the Deux Ex Game Dungeon Ross discussed how the augments in the game would not significantly impact anyone's ability to work in some of the biggest fields; and while I agree that the augments displayed are quite lack luster (being mostly physical) and I understand that he's probably just talking about the aug's IN GAME which would be a waste of the computer power and not anything real life could bring; people who know what they were doing would be able to make aug's MUCH more advantageous to today's world. For instance, what if your brain had a small calculator that had the ability to do everything a standard one could at the speed of light? That alone would be able to put you a step ahead of most mathematicians out there, and thats not even the least we can do. You can shove the most complicated hand calculator you've seen in the space of a microchip and you would be banned from every casino that knows better. This is not mentioning GPS, Actual photographic memory, internet connection, increased retention and memory storage AND the fact that many of the top ten jobs list Ross showed can AND will be replaced by robots in the coming years, Aug's would be a big deal.

 

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So what do you think? What is one aug you would get IRL? Personally I'd be chromed up and shit, but I would get the calculator one first

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[Fric]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_brnKz_2tI watched this exactly when Ross made the first Deus Ex video.

[Templar Knight]

I'd go for some mechanical organs. I liked the eyes and mechanical heart idea. But other organs could be fair-game as well.

 

Think of how much you could drink with a liver that wouldn't be prone to failure? Plus they could have practical benefits, like if they found a way to make mechanical kidneys that could handle salt-water, that would be revolutionary. Not sure if I'd go for any brain-related ones though.

 

Mechanical eyes like those in Deus Ex would be great for those with vision problems or who lose their sight for one reason or another, I'd probably go for those if my vision got bad.

 

Plus, I love the idea of Icarus augs, even though I have no idea how they'd be feasible in real-life. No more need to fear heights or plane crashes, you are your own parachute!

[BTGBullseye]

Honestly, I wouldn't get any augs. There are many reasons, but one of the main ones is the possibility of rejection. (I refuse to have to take drugs just to keep my system from killing me because it doesn't like the augs)