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Cybrid-human offspring?
Thrudd:
I'm a bit late to the conversation but find the mention of extra metals amusing yet annoying every time it is mentioned where it seems that everyone assumes these is no metal in a human to begin with. So how many have forgotten basic biochemistry or even had any in high-school?
There is also the assumption that cybernetic entities are mostly metal when most in existence in our reality are constructed from polymers and some ceramics and metals.
The cores are of course silicon, with the more advanced examples using Field-Programmable-Gate-Arrays gluing together their multiple processor cores.
An except from a medical journal
Among the metals that are currently known to be essential for normal biological functions in humans are sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca) that belong to main group of elements, and vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), molybdenum (Mo), and cadmium (Cd) that belong to transition metal group of elements in periodic table. Among these metals, the most notable that usually exist in the form of ions, are Fe, Co, Ni, Ca, Cu, Zn, and Cr. The deficiency of Fe and Co leads to anemia, that of Cu leads to brain and heart diseases and anemia, that of Zn leads to growth retardation and skin changes, that of Ca leads to bone deterioration, and that of Cr reduces the glucose tolerance.
Make note about Calcium is the main constituent of the bones making up a skeleton.
For some reason people forget that this element is a metal. Most likely because it is encountered as a mineral when combined with carbonates in bones, limestone or water scale.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 15 Oct 2020, 06:06 ---I'm a bit late to the conversation but find the mention of extra metals amusing yet annoying every time it is mentioned where it seems that everyone assumes these is no metal in a human to begin with. So how many have forgotten basic biochemistry or even had any in high-school?
There is also the assumption that cybernetic entities are mostly metal when most in existence in our reality are constructed from polymers and some ceramics and metals.
The cores are of course silicon, with the more advanced examples using Field-Programmable-Gate-Arrays gluing together their multiple processor cores.
An except from a medical journal
Among the metals that are currently known to be essential for normal biological functions in humans are sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca) that belong to main group of elements, and vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), molybdenum (Mo), and cadmium (Cd) that belong to transition metal group of elements in periodic table. Among these metals, the most notable that usually exist in the form of ions, are Fe, Co, Ni, Ca, Cu, Zn, and Cr. The deficiency of Fe and Co leads to anemia, that of Cu leads to brain and heart diseases and anemia, that of Zn leads to growth retardation and skin changes, that of Ca leads to bone deterioration, and that of Cr reduces the glucose tolerance.
Make note about Calcium is the main constituent of the bones making up a skeleton.
For some reason people forget that this element is a metal. Most likely because it is encountered as a mineral when combined with carbonates in bones, limestone or water scale.
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I'm well aware us humans have trace amounts of several metals. I'm approaching the metallic components of such a hybrid from a let's-avoiding-causing-the-human-mother-metal-toxicity standpoint. Too much of those same metals cause damage to the standard 4 vital organs (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys), along with blindness, metallic deposits in various places, and death.
Thrudd:
Just a rough note on data I found online - more up to date numbers may vary - A healthy mammals calcium content is on the order of 1% to 1,5% of total body mass.
A little rough ... okay very rough .... calculation based on an average grown human being 62kg would give us a minimum trace amount of 620g of the metal.
The flip side is that if nanobot-machienes are involved in the development/assembly of the child then those machines would be capable of transporting the more problematic rare elements without endangering the mother or child in the process. My supposition would be a carbon matrix to isolate the individual atoms in the carbon lattice equivalent of an egg carton.
/geekout
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 16 Oct 2020, 07:28 ---Just a rough note on data I found online - more up to date numbers may vary - A healthy mammals calcium content is on the order of 1% to 1,5% of total body mass.
A little rough ... okay very rough .... calculation based on an average grown human being 62kg would give us a minimum trace amount of 620g of the metal.
The flip side is that if nanobot-machienes are involved in the development/assembly of the child then those machines would be capable of transporting the more problematic rare elements without endangering the mother or child in the process. My supposition would be a carbon matrix to isolate the individual atoms in the carbon lattice equivalent of an egg carton.
/geekout
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Honestly hadn't thought of thar. That's a damn good idea!
BlueFatima:
--- Quote from: Oenone on 04 Oct 2020, 11:45 ---I mean it’s been what? Two decades without even pregnancy scare? I don’t think babies are a plot line QC wants to go into.
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None of the main characters could even have a scare unless you consider Dale and Marigold main characters—or Rene or Sven. The most that could happen to make any of our current main character parents would be if someone had to emergency adopt/foster a child relative due to the death of a parent or a CPS call. That would definitely be a twist (more interesting than accidental pregnancy—IMO), but I don’t see that happening either.
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