collision detection - The gender politics of being a cyborg:
"Which are happier: Male cyborgs, or female ones? In today's New York Times, there's an excellent piece by Michael Marriott on how robotic prosthetics are evolving -- and how people's attitudes towards them are changing, too. In the past, as he points out, prosthetics were regarded as creepy and uncanny; those with artificial limbs tended to keep them hidden so as not to freak out everybody around them. But as pop culture has grown more obsessed with kewl gadgets and cyborg superheros, the idea of having technology visibly integrated with your flesh has recently become much more acceptable -- and even kinda cool."
