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>A cyborg is a ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Cybernetic>cybernetic ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Organism>organism (i.e., an >organism that has both artificial and natural systems). The term was >coined in 1960 when ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Manfred_Clynes>Manfred Clynes >and ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//w/index.php?title=Nathan_Kline&action=edit&redlink=1>Nathan > >Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating >human-machine systems in outer space.[1] D. S. Halacy's Cyborg: >Evolution of the Superman in 1965 featured an introduction by >Manfred Clynes, who wrote of a "new frontier" that was "not merely >space, but more profoundly the relationship between 'inner space' to >'outer space' -a bridge...between mind and matter."[2] The cyborg is >often seen today merely as an organism that has enhanced abilities >due to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Technology>technology,[3] >but this perhaps oversimplifies the category of ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Feedback>feedback. Hope this helps. Peter Kepros University of New Brunswick Happily Retired At 09:48 AM 8/24/2008, Mike Palij wrote: >The term cyborg is a combination of "cybernetic organism" >which means that it is of recent origin (because Norbert >Wiener used the word cybernetic first in the 1940s to >refer to the processes of feedback and control in different >processes and systems). But my question is following: > >What is the first published use of the term cyborg and >who used it? > >NOTE: some of you might be familiar with the movie >"Cyborg 2087" made in 1966, starring Michael Rennie >who also starred in the great sci-fi film "The Day the >Earth Stood Still" (Cyborg 2087, however, is no TDTESS). >So, if cheesy sci-fi flicks were using the term cyborg by >1966, when did it achieve widespread cultural acceptance? >But this is a secondary issue. > >-Mike Palij >New York University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
