"Organic superlubricant is slippery stuff."

[unixronin]

OK, so it's not quite organic superlubricant.  But after visiting the orthopedist this morning (details of the reasons here, as well as in a couple of other recent posts also behind my medical filter), I now have bio-engineered high-viscosity synthetic lubricant in my right knee.  (If it goes well, we'll probably do the left too.)

Is that cool, in a sort of cyberpunk way, or what?

Comments

Cyberpunk?

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Yes. In fact, it's called "Enhanced Articulation" in ShadowRun, and I've wanted it since I read about it in '95 or so...cartilage is a great solution for the first 25-30 years or so, but after that, feh.

Re: Cyberpunk?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

My cartilage was doing fine up until the day some asshat hit me with a full-size station wagon.

What I want to know is when do I get the reflex booster, the cyberoptics, and the auxiliary neural processor?

Re: Cyberpunk?

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

I want the full skeletal replacement, that's it.

Re: Cyberpunk?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I want my place in that line reserved, too. I've often wondered what the mechanical effects would be of replacing calcium carbonate in the human skeleton with magnesium carbonate.

Re: Cyberpunk?

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Hollow titanium! Just squish the marrow back in there.

Honestly, I guess it's not the bones I care about as much as the joints.

Re: Cyberpunk?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Replicating the range of a biological joint in a single mechanical joint is, I understand, a really bloody difficult problem.

Titanium skeleton ....... that would be SOOOOO much fun at TSA checkpoints. :) Why, you might have to go to and from the departure lounge several times, just to make their day more interesting.