alt Hacker NewsI am in awe about how wonderfully engineered by evolution the body is. E.g., what we are able to do with it and how it heals itself when we have an injury. Sure, many people would not live long without external intervention, but many others would. I still want to see the robot that can survive 80 active years without maintenance.
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When you watch those sci-fi shows and folks have nanobots implanted in them that heal wounds really fast or do other cool things I can't help but think in many ways we already have that technology we just need it to do more, faster as our brains and ability to create things have outpaced the rate of evolutionary change.
The human machine doesn't just survive without external intervention, it actually gets better at being a machine. Speed, endurance, power, coordination... all improve with usage.
Humans don't last long without topping up their fluids and consumables.
The human body can't survive 80 active years without maintainance. They take drugs, they see the doctor, etc.
Well, we do at least have to eat enough food and sleep ~1/3rd of our lives. That's kinda maintenance