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Augmentation
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Biological augmentation includes muscle, gland or neural grafting, xenotransplantation, gengineering, and phenotypic engineering
Bionic augmentation involves the fusion of synthetic cybernetic prostheses with natural biology.
Nanitic augmentation makes use of implanted or injected nanotechnology. Examples include personal medical system implantation and nanocyborgization.
Augmentation may be done for aesthetic purposes, personal-betterment, because of peer pressure, memetic or subliminal persuasion, or as part of an employment contract. For example, non-Empledok-cetic sophonts require heavy augmentation in order to operate Empledok-cetic ultratech.
Augmentation is legal in most societies and polities, although in most polities radical augmentation is generally regulated or at least monitored. In market-based economies employers will sometimes subsidize augmentation procedures for employees in unique or hazardous vocations.
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- Genotypic Augmentation - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Modification or augmentation that effects only the genotype of the gametes and descendants of an organism. Genotypic augmentation is biological or genetic modification or augmentation that effects only the genotype of the gametes and descendants of an organism. It does not alter the characteristics of the user, or of clones from the user's somatic cells, but it does modify that of all of the user's offspring. Contrast with phenotypic augmentation. - Intelligence Augmentation (IA)
- Jainist Cellular Augments
- Phenotypic Augmentation - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Biological or genetic modification or augmentation that effects the phenotype only. It alters the characteristics of the user, and sometimes also that of clones from the user's somatic cells, but it does not modify the user's offspring. Contrast with genotypic augmentation. - Sunwing Augment, The
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 03 November 2001.
Initially published on 03 November 2001.
Additional Information
Old version as of 22/12/15. Cleaned up by Ryan as some text is a bit out of date:
Enhancing natural physical or mental abilities through the use of organic, cybernetic, bionano, or hylonano technology. The resulting augment is a person whose physical or cognitive abilities have been biologically and/or technologically expanded beyond the range of baseline humans.
Enhancing natural physical or mental abilities through the use of organic, cybernetic, bionano, or hylonano technology. The resulting augment is a person whose physical or cognitive abilities have been biologically and/or technologically expanded beyond the range of baseline humans.
