Painting by FRED FREEMAN, originally appearing in the July 11, 1960 issue of LIFE Magazine.

The creature unreeling an electric cable as he explores a distant planet is a man prepared for space as some scientists propose. Electrodes and other attachments would control many of the physical functions normally initiated by the brain, such as heart-beat, regulation of body temperature, and breathing. Electrodes planted in the pleasure centers of the brain would help him to pass the tedium of space travel. Dubbed a "Cyborg" (cybernetic organism), he may well exist in the near future for U.S. space agencies have authorised serious research towards his creation. (Time-Mind book)



The Cyborg Handbook 1995 – p47 Extract of interview between Chris Hables Gray and Manfred ClynesThe Cyborg Handbook 1995 – p47 MC: …. Life magazine wrote it up a little later. They had a big article with a picture of the cyborg. Did you know that?

CHG: No. I'll have to find that.

MC: I had a big photograph of that thing hanging on my wall for years.

CHG: Was that 1960?

MC: It must have been very near there.

[Source: Ames Daily Tribune 16 Jul 1963.]

Another Artist's impression of a CYBORG related to Toby Freedman's articles c1960's. [Source: Popular Science Oct 1963 see below for pdf.]

Cover of The Cyborg Handbook. The must-have book for anyone interested in the history of Cyborgs.

Martin Caidin's book Cyborg. The TV series "The Six-Million Dollar Man" was based on this book.

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Life Magazine 2nd Oct 1964

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Where are the Cyborgs in Cybernetics – Kline

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Cyborgs and Space – Astronautics Sept 1960

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The Cyborg Study – Driscoll – NASA

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The Coming of the Mundane Cyborg – Steven Mentor

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Must Tomorrow's Man Look Like This? – Toby Freedman, Popular Science Oct 1963

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Tags: 1960, Austrian, Bionics, Cybernetic Organism, Cyborg, Dr. Nathan Kline, Fred Freeman, Manfred Clynes