# Steve Mann, Cyborg

**URL:** <https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514>\
**Category:** blog\
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514 "2007-07-12T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![JimmyB](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@JimmyB](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/JimmyB)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/41 "2007-07-17T00:00:00Z")

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Call that a cyborg? There’s a difference between looking like a cyborg, and being a cyborg.

Professor Kevin Warrick of the University of Reading in the UK is a true cyborg…  
[http://www.kevinwarwick.com/](http://www.kevinwarwick.com/)

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**Author:** ![Just\_Sayin](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@Just\_Sayin](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Just_Sayin)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/42 "2007-07-17T00:00:00Z")

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Jeez… The “genius” bars has never been set so low.

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Tain](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kai\_Tain](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Kai_Tain)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/43 "2007-07-17T00:00:00Z")

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Maybe he hasn’t updated his wearable computer because he met a human female and she won’t let him go outside looking like a retard?

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**Author:** ![Matt](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Matt)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/44 "2007-07-17T00:00:00Z")

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Amen Kai Tain! I was about to say the same thing. The guy is a complete dork who makes everyone in the technology industry look bad.

Do we really need to be putting people like this up on a pedestal?

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**Author:** ![faye](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@faye](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/faye)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/45 "2007-07-17T00:00:00Z")

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He has done some neat stuff with hydraulophones (water music).  
links:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJb9WyhCUc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJb9WyhCUc)  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwUibDEH0nY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwUibDEH0nY)  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFMj8CHg4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFMj8CHg4)

I’ve been in his class - and he is definitely weird - but extremely creative and very provocative. He addresses a lot of social issues, some of which we are only becoming aware of now. A non-conformist.

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**Author:** ![nielsvk](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@nielsvk](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/nielsvk)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/46 "2007-08-02T00:00:00Z")

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At least he changed clothes after wearing them from 1991 till 1995.

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Raynor](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Jon\_Raynor](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Jon_Raynor)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/47 "2010-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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He went to work for Skynet.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/48 "2021-09-09T18:17:16Z")

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One very consequential thing happened in 2012 related to Steve

> **[Steve Mann (inventor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann_(inventor)#McVeillance_and_the_Mann-Wassel_Law)**
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> William Stephen George Mann (born 8 June 1962) is a Canadian engineer, professor, and inventor who works in augmented reality, extended reality, computational photography, particularly wearable computing, and high-dynamic-range imaging. Mann is considered the "Father of Wearable Computing" for early inventions and continuing contributions to the field, recognized by IEEE, and received the 2025 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award for this work. He also received the 2024 Lifeb Mann holds ...

Given that bodycams are getting really cheap and tiny – small enough that the [$299 Facebook recording sunglasses introduced today](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/technology/facebook-wayfarer-stories-smart-glasses.html) aren’t really distinguishable from regular sunglasses – expect to see “everything is recorded” hit new heights in the next decade.

 ![image](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/754c1e9048a4d3d92381cf371a3b5fc8771183a9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/49 "2021-12-30T00:19:18Z")

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A new contender:

> **[After ALS struck, he became the world's most advanced cyborg](https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/dr-peter-scott-morgan-als-ai-cyborg)**
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> Scientist Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan is pushing the boundaries of what it means to be human.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/50 "2025-01-07T06:39:02Z")

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**Author:** ![JimPas](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/jimpas/32/76163_2.png) [@JimPas](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/JimPas)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/steve-mann-cyborg/514/51 "2025-05-18T13:57:51Z")

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