Cold Metal Sandwich or the Cyborgs Are Here!

Remember when Morpheus went into the nothingness of the loading program in The Matrix to explain to Neo exactly how the machines managed to convert the human body into a source of energy? Surely, you must remember the rows upon rows of bubble like pods in which the humans were strapped to all sorts of wiring so that they could be extracted of their energy and used by the machines?

No?

Here, refresh your mind:



It turns out that this is not at all that far from the truth today. Except that humans are, of course, leading the way in the engineering of this cyborg method.  A report from Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science was just released in which it is explained how the knowledge obtained by one scientist who managed to extract energy from the cells of a grape served a bunch of other trekie borg-lover scientists to look into the possibility of extracting energy from other living creatures, including snails, cockroaches, beetles, rats, and lobsters!





And, it is not kinetic energy that they are extracting, (as if a snail could be put on a treadmill!) but the energy generated from the chemical de-composition of sugars and other substances in the body with the help of nanotechnology. By implanting a certain computer cell chip, this process is now a reality.

Could you imagine what it would be like if the cyborg cockroaches one day rebelled and tried to assimilate us?

In any case, the fact that this article is already suggesting the possibility of performing similar type of functions in humans is a bit chilling. Couple that with this other article explaining how certain internet companies are trying to transform the homeless population in Austin, Texas into 4G Wireless Hotspots and you have the new machine apocalypse right around the corner.

Just remember, next time you bite into that juicy lobster that the crunchy might be more than exoskeleton.