8 June, 2005

i robot

Opportunity Prospector stumbles onto an Asia Times article about the growing popularity of plastic surgery in China and muses:

Combine this trend with the Asian fascination with technology and
get the first population which will embrace cybernetic body
modifications and augmentation.

And from the article itself, a prediction that is far more easily believable:

"In China today, cosmetic surgeons can change a face beyond recognition - and the police are going to have to take notice," a highly qualified Shanghai plastic surgeon told Asia Times Online. Before long, he expects, anyone who wants to significantly alter his or her appearance will first have to register with the police, lest wanted criminals evade capture by gaining a new face through surgery.

Registering a face-lift? Typical.

(UPDATE 22:00) Perhaps I was too dismissive on the whole Asian-cyber-race concept (via Japundit):

that makes it possible for the wearer to lift heavier loads than they would be able to hoist unaided.

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