Mirror – A terminally-ill British scientist dying from a muscle-wasting disease says he has fully completed his transition into the world’s first full cyborg – called Peter 2.0. Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, 61, decided to challenge what it meant to be human when he refused to accept his fate following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease in 2017.
He said he wanted to push the boundaries of what science can achieve so decided to extend his life and become fully robotic . And this week the world-renowned roboticist returned to his home in Torquay, Devon, after 24 days in Intensive Care, with all medical procedures now complete and able to begin his re-booted life. But the evolution of his machine-like existence doesn’t end there – and he joked he had more upgrades scheduled than Microsoft.
The world-renowned roboticist has had to undergo a series of incredibly complex and risky operations during his journey. This has included developing a remarkably life-like avatar of his face before he lost any muscle. The avatar is designed to respond using artificially intelligent body language and he has also explored eye-tracking technology to enable him to control multiple computers using only his eyes. And the final procedure in his robot transition saw him successfully trade his voice for potentially decades of life. He underwent a laryngectomy, meaning he lost his physical voice, but in doing so, he will avoid the added danger of saliva potentially entering his lungs, due to his condition. READ MORE
