Science fiction becomes science fact more and more these days! I'm still waiting for my jetpack and laser gun mind you.
Very true. I saw on telly a few years ago a guy who had lost an arm, and been given a replacement robot arm + hand which he could control with muscle impulses from his stump (what a lovely word, "stump"). The really cool thing is the he could twist his wrist 360 degrees, round and round like a drill. They discusses how, in a few decades, people are going to want to have their limbs lopped off because the artificial replacent limbs are actually going to be better than natural human limbs, and the ethical quandries this wil present to the medical profession. Very cool. I myself can't wait to get turned into an android. Speaking of which, seeing Blade Runner on the big screen for the first time later.