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To: Alex who wrote (16649)	8/26/1998 2:40:00 PM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116762

CYBERNETICS PROFESSOR HAS COMPUTER CHIP SURGICALLY IMPLANTED INTO HIMSELFAugust 26, 1998ÿFriends today faxed a Reuters article from Reading, England that appeared in yesterday's edition of the Seattle Times reporting that University of Reading cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick claims to be "the first person in the world to have a computer chip surgically implanted into his body." He said, "I don't know how long we will have the implant in but it's looking at what's possible now in terms of communicating between a computer and myself. This is a technology where there are big positives but there are big negatives. Do we want to hand over control to machinery or to have buildings tellus what we can do or can't do? I'm really looking at what's technically possible. I'm excited about the future prospects, particularly the human body communicating and interacting with a computer...It doesn't hurt any...It feels uncomfortable; it feels as though there's something in my arm, but it doesn't feel unpleasant...Cybernetics is all about humans and technology interacting. For a professor of cybernetics to become a true cyborg--part man part machine--is therefore rather appropriate."