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    Julius Seizure - Canuck: A sex machine? Not with that hair he's not. I always coveted those mirror contact lenses when I was younger. more »
    closeencounter: Whoa, the opening scene. That woman looks like a young Linda Hamilton. more »
    bitgod: Wow, so many thoughts ran through my head watching this. For starters, it immediately put me into MST3K mode, I could just image Joel and the bots wo... more »
    History of Bubbles: Shameful confession time—I've found the idea of android romance kinda hot for quite some time. I blame Gigolo Joe, and Data's "fully functional" rou... more »
    AmishJohn: So his brain is in his stomach, eh? At least it's about a foot higher than most. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Did Robert Conrad dare the Cyborg to smack an Eveready off his shoulder? How can a normal man compete with a cyborg for endurance? If that guy had m... more »
    gorehound: I love found footage.Another low budget fave from the days of vhs rentals. more »
    cylon_conspiracy: I take it this io9's response to the CRU email leaks. I was wondering if/when you'd acknowledge the story. Now I have my answer. "Deafening Silence." ... more »
    Im_your_Huckleberry: "It's an interesting contrast, but maybe not a contradiction: He worries what we're doing to the planet, but he's also celebrated the way we're transf... more »
    dabismail001: Melting icebergs don't raise sea levels. more »
    BangarangRufio867: I'm really confused. How does little Emily go from 1st grade to 2nd grade in less than a year? This little Emily does make you think about ice melti... more »
    Jes St.Lawrence: Just waiting on someone from the Billy Bob School of Thermodynamics and Swine Management to come tell us it's all a hoax. more »
    Ian Douglas Bourne: What about Steve Austin? #cyborgs more »
    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Weren't Cybermen considered human/organic right up until they became Cybermen? They'd replaced everything by the point they appeared in Doctor Who. I'... more »
    Luke Wisdom: You have Data (from Star Trek) in the 1990s, but Data's first appearance was in 1987. That would be the 1980s, by the way. #art more »
  • #foundfootage

    Cyborg Assassins Are Really, Really Good In Bed

    He's an unstoppable cyborg killer, whose brain is in his stomach... but he's also a sex machine. In 1986's Assassin, a cyborg death-monger needs a place to recharge his batteries, and finds a little romance, in a surprisingly cute scene. More »
  • #ecodystopia

    Photographer Documents Melting Icecaps, Celebrates Our Cyborg Evolution

    Photographer James Balog is best known for his death-defying trips to Iceland, Greenland and Alaska, where he's documented the melting icecaps using photos and time-lapse images. But he's also made stunning images of cyborgs and "techno sapiens." More »
  • #cyborgs

    Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

    Cyborgs kick ass with their super-powered robot legs — but they've changed a lot over the years. Here's our roundup of awesome images of cybernetic organisms, bionic superheroes and cyber-villains, from the 1960s to today. More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs Of The 2000s

    Master Chief from Halo More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs Of The 1990s

    The first failed prototypes for replacement Robocops, from Robocop 2. (With snarky Microsoft comments thrown in by whoever posted the video. :) More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs Of The 1990s

    The first failed prototypes for replacement Robocops, from Robocop 2. (With snarky Microsoft comments thrown in by whoever posted the video. :) More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs of the 1980s

    Roy Batty, one of the are-they-cyborgs-or-what Replicants, from Blade Runner. More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs of the 1980s

    Roy Batty, one of the are-they-cyborgs-or-what Replicants, from Blade Runner. More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs Of The 1970s

    Rom Spaceknight — the toy who became a Marvel Comics character, he struts his stuff in this way-too-intense ad. More »
  • #gallery

    Cyborgs, 1960s and Before

    Tharok, a 1967 villain from the Legion Of Super Heroes. More »
  • #foundfootage

    Seriously, Do Not Call the Nuclear-Powered Cyborg a Bitch

    Let me give you a little hint and a half. If some super hot cyborg chick is about to blow you, and then tells you not to call her a bitch, you obey. Out of courtesy, and self-preservation. More »
  • #madscience

    First Real Cyborg: A Robot Controlled By A Living Brain

    Do you really want a deadly robotic chassis being controlled by the brain of a rat? Scientists at University of Reading do. They've connected a biological "brain" made of rat neurons to a robot, with a two-way link. More »
  • #madscience

    Cyborg Technologies You Can Implant Now

    Did you think that artificial heart in Crank 2 was fake? Think again. It's just one of many cyborg technologies in production right now. More »
  • #killingmachines

    Countdown Science Fiction's 10 Most Murderous Robots

    It's one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are our choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid. More »
  • #killingmachines

    Could'a Been Contenders...

  • #killingmachines

    #1: The Manhunters

  • #killingmachines

    #2: Unicron

    How deadly is he? He eats planets for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And if they're populated, all the better; it adds texture, apparently. More »
  • #killingmachines

    #3: The Cylons

    How deadly are they? They destroyed the twelve colonies of humanity, committing genocide on a scale unimaginable to everyone except Glen A. Larson and Ron Moore. More »
  • #killingmachines

    #4: Separatist Battle Droids

  • #killingmachines

    #5: Skynet/The Terminators

    How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and are pretty much trying to destroy all human life, starting with a successful nuclear annihilation of three million people. You've seen The Terminator movies, right? More »
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