# Design features on YOUR cyborg body? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076 "2004-10-13T21:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/21 "2004-10-14T14:48:15Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > -weapon that causes immense pain but no permanent damage in left arm What if somebody attacks you using their **right** arm? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/22 "2004-10-14T14:49:48Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > bad call > > **Extensible, prehensile genitalia** > > šŸ˜‰ Remind me not to play cards for money with you. ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/23 "2004-10-14T16:59:57Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > How do you get back out of stasis? Do you trust someone else with a remote control? Do you have a timer on it? What if you set the timer and something happens while youā€™re in your coma? That would be pretty scary for someone taking all sorts of precautions to try to live forever, wouldnā€™t it? Timer with physical fail safe, as tamper proof as I can make it. Yes itā€™s a risk but if I ever want to ride out a century or so during an interstellar flight without going insane I think itā€™s a risk Iā€™ll have to take. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/24 "2004-10-14T20:19:43Z")
If you are referirng to sexuality, I want to be fully functional and programmed with a variety of techniques. I want Robocopā€™s hand gun and targeting abilities. I want R2D2ā€™s adaptors to plug into any network. I some sort of rocket powered rollerskate option as well as jetpack. I want some sort of badass voice. Maybe Barry White. I want a built-in universal remote so I never have to look for TV remotes ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/25 "2004-10-14T20:22:31Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Itā€™s simple, straightforward, and weird. That isā€¦if you became a cyborg, what specific features would YOU want in your cyber-body? - Omnidirectional vision. Iā€™d like to be able to see in all directions at once - Steel toes, so when the horses step on my feet it doesnā€™t bother me. Steel fingers would be good when stringing fencing, too. - If my brain could be modified for eidetic memory, that would be perfect. If not, digital camera(s) with _lots_ of memory and a good indexing system - Handy-dandy retractible cutting tools - Flight - And donā€™t forget the integrated iPod šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/26 "2004-10-14T20:39:58Z")
A six pack, THATā€™S A SIX PACK!!! ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/27 "2004-10-14T23:16:09Z")
Lets see nowā€¦ You have to go with the one cybernetic eye look, with full scanning capabilities into the infrared, thermal, tracker, cool video screen, etc. Preferablely with a laser that can shoot from it. It doesnā€™t have to be a laser that hurts anyone, it can just look cool. Next you have to have the jetpack. Itā€™s simply a must in this new 21st ā€˜on-the-goā€™ century. Along with the jet pack, you have to have some form of enhanced strength to carry such loads. Iā€™m leaning towards the classic ā€˜one purely cybernetic armā€™ idea. or even better, two retractable arms, on the back. Three-fingered grippers and everything. You gotta have the forcefield. And as for firepower, lets go with actual firepower. Flamethrower, housed in the right arm. Mmmmā€¦fire. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/28 "2004-10-14T23:20:37Z")
A big metal dick. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/29 "2004-10-15T01:16:06Z")
Damageproof skin, jet pack, movie screens in my eyelids and speakers in my ears, along with a complete movie/tv/music library to choose from, a refrigerated compartment filled with beer with an exit tube in my mouth, oven with frozen pizza that automatically pop in whenever desired, and a force beam capable of wiping out all the puny human scum that gets in my way. ---
**Author:** ![MiniMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MiniMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MiniMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/30 "2004-10-15T02:10:47Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Damageproof skin, jet pack, movie screens in my eyelids and speakers in my ears, along with a complete movie/tv/music library to choose from, a refrigerated compartment filled with beer with an exit tube in my mouth, oven with frozen pizza that automatically pop in whenever desired, and a force beam capable of wiping out all the puny human scum that gets in my way. I second that! Can I have mac & cheese, too? ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/31 "2004-10-15T03:31:53Z")
Iā€™m going to have to side with **lokij** in general. Though while I donā€™t know if his ā€œmodular chassisā€ idea suits my concept of the brain canister being a stand alone object that could be installed in a variety of bodies and machines. The main thing Iā€™d want would be a wide selection of more or less conventional human forms. All sexes, All races, All body types. Swap 'em out according to what I wanted to do or be that day. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/32 "2004-10-15T07:29:30Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > Iā€™m going to have to side with **lokij** in general. Though while I donā€™t know if his ā€œmodular chassisā€ idea suits my concept of the brain canister being a stand alone object that could be installed in a variety of bodies and machines. > > The main thing Iā€™d want would be a wide selection of more or less conventional human forms. All sexes, All races, All body types. Swap 'em out according to what I wanted to do or be that day. So basically you want to be a Cymek? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/33 "2004-10-15T07:31:42Z")
Two words: Doctor Octopus. I think you get the drift. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/34 "2004-10-15T11:52:48Z")
Has anyone seen the classic movie **Flesh Gordon** , remember the **Rape Robots**? ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076/35 "2004-10-15T18:51:24Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > So basically you want to be a Cymek? šŸ˜‰ Not exactly. The ā€œmore or less convention human formsā€ would only be modified to the extent to allow acceptance of the canister and the ability to withstand storage. Theyā€™d still be mostly organic and appear to be normal humans. Granted, the brain could also be installed in entirely robotic systems, tooā€¦ at which point Iā€™d be a cymek. But I see no particular point to being a flamethrower and chaingun touting killbot all the time. Hell, most of the time Iā€™d probably technically be a house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-features-on-your-cyborg-body/269076.md?page=1)