Editing Cyberware (section)

==Prosthetics ("bodyware")==
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The second variety of cyberware consists of a more modern form of the rather old field of [[prosthetics]]. 

Modern prostheses attempt to deliver a natural functionality and appearance. In the sub-field where prosthetics and cyberware cross over, experiments have been done where [[microprocessor]]s, capable of controlling the movements of an artificial [[Limb (anatomy)|limb]], are attached to the severed [[nerve]]-endings of the patient. The patient is then taught how to operate the prosthetic, trying to learn how to move it as though it were a natural limb.<ref>Houston, V. L., Mason, C. P., Beattie, A. C., LaBlanc, K. P., Garbarini, M., Lorenze, E. J., & Thongpop, C. M. (1995). The VA-cyberware lower limb prosthetics-orthotics optical laser digitizer. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 32(1), 55.</ref>

Crossing over between prostheses and interfaces are those pieces of equipment attempting to replace lost [[sense]]s. An early success in this field is the ''[[cochlear implant]]''. A tiny device inserted into the [[inner ear]], it replaces the functionality of damaged, or missing, [[hair cell]]s (the cells that, when stimulated, create the sensation of [[sound]]). 

This device comes firmly under the field of prosthetics, but experiments are also being performed to tap into the [[Human brain|brain]]. Coupled with a [[Speech processing|speech-processor]], this could be a direct link to the speech centres of the brain.<ref>Branwyn, Gareth "The desire to be wired". [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] Issue 1.04, October 1993</ref>