# Computers Are Becoming Our Prosthetic Organs and Eyes by Thomas A. Bass > “We are still rolling down the track created by Moore’s law, which means that news about science and technology will continue to focus on computers getting smaller, smarter, faster, and increasingly integrated into the fabric of our everyday lives—in fact, integrated into our bodies as prosthetic organs and eyes. Our cyborg selves are being created out of advances not only in computers but also in computer peripherals. This is the technology that allows computers to hear, touch, and see.” > **— Thomas A. Bass**, *2016 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [Seeing Our Cyborg Selves — Thomas A. Bass](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26672) — a verbatim passage from Thomas A. Bass's 2016 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2016 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2016 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2016-113). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We are still rolling down the track created by Moore’s law, which means that news about science and technology will continue to focus on computers getting smaller, smarter, faster, and increasingly integrated into the fabric of our everyday lives—in fact, integrated into our bodies as prosthetic organs and eyes. Our cyborg selves are being created out of advances not only in computers but also in computer peripherals. This is the technology that allows computers to hear, touch, and see.” — Thomas A. Bass, 2016 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-thomas-bass-computers-becoming-prosthetic-organs-eyes ```