| From: | Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Cyberware Power Sources |
| Date: | Fri, 8 May 1998 10:08:18 +1200 |
<<<SLICE>>>
>> Standardly, neurons produce a charge of 700
>> milliwatts in a non-active state.
>> If this mechanism could be maginifed, it could also be a source
>> of plausable and natural eletrical current.
>>
>
> It can be. Electric eels genrate very high voltagees by having
many
>neurun-like cells "stacked" in series, adding thier volatages like
>batteries in series. Similarly, multiple "stacks" in paralel would add
>amperage. Given the abiltiy to grow similar cells (easy in SR),
>engenering an organized tissue to produce the proper voltages and
>currents would be doable, even with TODAYS tech (guided tissue
>structuring has produced primitive "liveres" with simplified filter
like
>structures ofintelaced blood vessels and liver tissue).
> Put such an engeneered organ in a cyberlimb, route blood (or
blood
>filtrates) to it, and WHOLA, organic "Fuel cell battery", plus another
>excuse (besides pain) for limb damage to affect the user-the limb
>BLEEDS.
This whole thread reminds me of an idea I had for cyberlimbs that I got
when I picked up an **&* supplement (you don't wanna know). I had a
hero (I was trying to write a novella) who lost most of his right arm,
and got a special magical/mechanical replacement: adamantium bones, with
magically-cloned muscles and reinforced tendons. Such a thing would be
possible under SR technology, right? (Equivalent of titanium
bone-lacing for the actual bones, 'muscle replacement' for the tissue
and such...)
Why would someone want this? Well, apart from the bone, it'd be their
own flesh, so there would be a reduced Essence cost. The limb itself
would have no particularly special properties (apart from being
unbreakable and setting off metal detectors). It'd be more for those
civilians who want to get a limb back without expensive/unnatural
cyberware, rather than for the combat monsters.
Should this be cyberware, bioware, or a bit of both? Suggested
essence/body and monetary costs?
Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
'Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane?'
'The universe is already mad. Anything else would be
redundant.'
