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"The idea I want to push next is that the United States should make Siberia a Protectorate. Pay the Russians off – a hundred, two hundred billion dollars – and simply run Siberia in an ecologically responsible way."
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Who could you go to get the keys to data stored in a chip in your head? Why, a war surplus dolphin who was trained to use special sensors that complimented his own sonar in underwater work like decomissioning mines by nosing into their circuits electromagnetically.
For an earlier, similar, idea, see the Dolphin's Hands from Larry Niven's 1967 story Handicap.
Also, compare to cyborg from Cyborg (1972) by Martin Caidin, the cyborg collar from A Specter is Haunting Texas (1968) by Fritz Leiber, and the cyborg pilot from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert Heinlein. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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