In fact, so-called cyborgs—the fusion of humans and machines—were not really a science-fiction concept.
As early as 2002, the renowned British cybernetics expert Kevin Warwick had implanted a chip into his body through a bold experiment, becoming "the world's first cyborg."
Through simple thought control, he could control certain basic networked devices, as well as a prosthetic hand in the laboratory, like a conductor leading an orchestra—things that seemed incomprehensible to those unaware of the truth.
As for the principles behind this device, they were similar to the Neural Interface Technology used by Lu Zhou. The difference was that instead of collecting neural signals from spinal nerves, Kevin Warwick directly collected neural action potential signals emitted by the cerebral cortex... When someone merely thought about moving a limb without actually moving it, such signals were produced.
Therefore, what Starry Sky Technology had done was not the world's first experiment involving "cyborgs."
Collecting neural signals, processing them through computer chips, demodulating and feeding the electrical signals directly back into electrically driven mechanical components—this model had always been a classic problem in cybernetics.
Kevin Warwick had even predicted that if cybernetics continued to advance, it would use infrared radar to help blind people "see," ultrasonic waves to let deaf people "hear," and simple electrically driven machinery to help disabled people rise from their wheelchairs... Eventually, humanity would cast off the hardships of flesh and blood, merge with machines, and become a higher form of existence than primates.
Professor Kevin Warwick's research was still ongoing. He had already donated his own body to his research, implanting a silicon-based chip and more than a hundred electrodes into his nervous system.
For now, this did not seem to have caused any side effects in his life, but what the future held still required further observation.