cybernetic
Part human, part-machine
Cybernetic relates to systems that regulate themselves through feedback—the way a thermostat adjusts temperature or a body maintains balance.
The term comes from a Greek word for steering or governing.
In popular use, cybernetic often suggests the integration of biology and technology: cybernetic implants, a cybernetic organism.
The field of cybernetics studies communication and control in machines and living things.
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- augmentationAct of adding more
exoskeleton · cochlear · pacemaker · human-machine · hybrid · enhancement · integration · embodiment
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- singularityPoint where values explode
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
utopia · augmentation · posthuman · Terminator · cyberpunk · android · synthetic
Curve closing on itself
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- self-correctionFixing one's own errors
- equilibriumState of balance
input · output · signal · response · adjustment · stabilization · thermostat · sensor
Interconnected system
- informationKnowledge about something
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- complexityState of being complicated
- emergenceComing into existence
self-organization · hierarchy · interconnection · interdependence · holism · subsystem · boundary · environment
Controlling direction of movement
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
self-regulation · guidance · management · direction · purposive · goal-directed · navigation · piloting
Of Vienna, Austria
- ShannonIrish river or name
- AshbyEnglish locational surname
- second-orderDerived from derivative
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
teleology · purposiveness · recursion · observer · epistemology · constructivism
cyborg
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
augmentation · exoskeleton · cochlear · pacemaker · human-machine · hybrid · enhancement · integration · embodiment · bionics
sci-fi
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- singularityPoint where values explode
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
dystopia · utopia · augmentation · posthuman · Terminator · cyberpunk · android · synthetic
loop
Curve closing on itself
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- self-correctionFixing one's own errors
equilibrium · input · output · signal · response · adjustment · stabilization · thermostat · sensor · modulation
network
Interconnected system
- informationKnowledge about something
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- complexityState of being complicated
emergence · self-organization · hierarchy · interconnection · interdependence · holism · subsystem · boundary · environment · modeling
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
coordination · self-regulation · guidance · management · direction · purposive · goal-directed · navigation · piloting · helmsman
Wiener
Of Vienna, Austria
- ShannonIrish river or name
- AshbyEnglish locational surname
- second-orderDerived from derivative
entropy · teleology · purposiveness · recursion · observer · epistemology · constructivism
- artificialartificial, synthetic, man-made, manufactured, fabricated
- Sci-Fi Termsfuturistic, alien, robotic, galactic, interstellar
- self-regulationthermostat, homeostasis, feedback, autopilot, cruise control
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- sci-fi soundslaser, phaser, blaster, zap, whoosh
- tech augmentationAR, augmented reality, VR, virtual reality, HUD
cyberneticorganic
From living matter
biological · natural · all-natural · biotic · living
cyberneticunregulated
Not controlled by rules
open-loop · manual · uncontrolled · chaotic · instinctive
cyberneticnatural
Not artificially produced
evolved · innate · primordial · primal · pre-industrial