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Contributed by Steven Alloway, Granada Hills, CA<\/p>\n

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Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n

What would your life be like if you had extraordinary superpowers? What would you do and how would you use them? What if one day you discovered that everyone in the world had the same superpowers as you?<\/p>\n

Expanding the Promise<\/h3>\n

Amber Case studies the interaction between humans and technology, in a field known as Cyborg Anthropology. This can include things such as prosthetic limbs and electronic implants in the brain, but more commonly deals with computers, smartphones, and other devices that people use every day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cA cyborg is simply someone who interacts with technology,\u201d says Case. \u201cThe technology can be a physical or mental extension, and doesn\u2019t need to be implanted in the person.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we interact with this technology, it gives us abilities that just a few years ago were purely in the realm of science fiction, from sensors that turn lights on and off as we enter or leave a room, to camera phones that allow us to speak face to face with someone on the other side of the globe.<\/p>\n

\u201cA cyborg is not a Terminator or Robocop,\u201d says Case. \u201cEveryone that uses technology is a superhuman. It\u2019s not so strange anymore because it\u2019s the norm\u2014most everyone else around us is also a superhuman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n