Personally i am more interested in transhumanism than body modification (extreme or otherwise) although there is a lot of crossover between the two.
Unfortunately most of the stuff transhumanists are interested wont be possible until we get proper bionic implants working.
The one success they have managed so far has been creating humans with a sense of magnetic fields. They managed this by implanting small but powerful magnets into peoples fingertips so that the magnets wobble in the presence of a field and the person feels this as a slight movement in their fingertips.
Apparently after a few weeks or so it becomes intuitive and you pick up on stuff like whether or not your laptop is on without looking at it (spinning hard drive wobbles your finger tips when held over the keys) and where all the magnetic security gates are and whether or not they are functioning in shops (hope i'm not giving anyone ideas...).
Unfortunately most of the stuff transhumanists are interested wont be possible until we get proper bionic implants working.
The one success they have managed so far has been creating humans with a sense of magnetic fields. They managed this by implanting small but powerful magnets into peoples fingertips so that the magnets wobble in the presence of a field and the person feels this as a slight movement in their fingertips.
Apparently after a few weeks or so it becomes intuitive and you pick up on stuff like whether or not your laptop is on without looking at it (spinning hard drive wobbles your finger tips when held over the keys) and where all the magnetic security gates are and whether or not they are functioning in shops (hope i'm not giving anyone ideas...).