Human Upgrades

In the design/programmatic/geek world that I live in, there's always a debate between "top-down" & "bottom-up" approaches. For example, plastic surgery (aka "human upgrades") & genetic engineering on a phenotype, or in-vitro selection/modication (both good & bad) might be considered top-down re-design. Yes, I think the first site is a spoof, but if somebody's imagining it then somebody is imagining it's possible.

Trying to create machines that interface &/or are controlled by organics, as for the six-legged hexapod robot is controlled by a slime mould pictured above, might be considered the first steps in a bottom-up design of a man/machine interface.

Just in case you think I'm being a bit paranoid - as I think you should be - then check out this alternative chemical interface. I don't think the prototype implementation will be as sexy as Seven of Nine, unless you count those frontal thoratic augmentations.