Final for cyborgs

The speaker chose to focus on prosthetics for their project because they have a personal connection to someone with a cochlear implant. They found it fascinating to learn about the history of prosthetics, starting with an unsuccessful thumb prosthetic made from a toenail. They appreciate how technology has advanced and provided better options for people who need prosthetics. They enjoyed seeing exhibits that included historical artifacts and personal stories. They discussed examples like leg and arm implants, as well as the cochlear implant. They mentioned two people, Peter Scott Morgan and Dr. Kevin Warwick, who have different relationships with prosthetics. They highlighted the importance of sharing information and making it accessible. The project helped them realize how many people rely on prosthetics and how others are experimenting with them. For my project, I decided to stick a little bit more on the side of prosthetics and the world of prosthetics and sideboards. Mainly because I felt a great passion for it. I do have somebody that's close to me that has one of the tools that I speak about on this project, specifically the cochlear implant. But digging into it, it's very interesting how it started with the anxious, oldest known prosthetic, which was a thumb, nonetheless. Pretty funny, it was a toenail, so I'm sorry. But it was deemed unsuccessful due to the fact that it wasn't able to bend. And looking now at how technology has changed and how history has just evolved and the world has evolved with it, it is so cool to see what we have in today's world that we are able to offer the people that need these kinds of prosthetics or tools for themselves. One of my favorite things that we saw in these different exhibits in this class were the history that they added to begin with, in different artifacts and different stories and people that they talked about, people that they showed their stories. Which is what I try to do with mine. I try to put the history of it and also an example that could go with it of a person that can have it in the real world. Such as the leg implant or the arm implant and obviously the cochlear implant. I did also speak about two different people. Peter Scott Morgan, which I think suited my project the best. But I also spoke about Dr. Kevin Warwick as he is an experimental professor at a school where he experiments with different implants in himself. One being the chip that can unlock your car or your door or can pay for your groceries at the store if they have that. Such as Whole Foods I know has where you can pay with your little hand. But I thought it was important to speak on him because there is that difference between people that specifically need these kinds of tools and people that are just experimenting with it, seeing how that goes. But it's also important because any information that they have or find, obviously other people can find useful. I didn't use any video so there was no caption text to use but I did turn on the alt text for any accessibility for people that would need it. I tried to use as much plain language as I could. But overall this project was very interesting to work on and it helped me learn how many people in the world actually have to use these necessities. And also how many people in the world don't need it but try to advance it in their own way even if it's just for fun or a hobby. A lot of this information usually does come or seems to come from accidents or little research that people do here and there.