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Apart from cybernetics and man-machine interfaces, some of the science in Oni qualifies as '''"alternative/radical biology"'''. For example, Bertram Navarre's "retasking" of human cells is described as biological engineering -- the cells are 'told' to behave differently, which leads to a new "reshaped" physiology, apparently without cybernetic implants. | Apart from cybernetics and man-machine interfaces, some of the science in Oni qualifies as '''"alternative/radical biology"'''. For example, Bertram Navarre's "retasking" of human cells is described as biological engineering -- the cells are 'told' to behave differently, which leads to a new "reshaped" physiology, apparently without cybernetic implants. | ||
'''Konoko's [[Chrysalis]]''' is also presented as a free-running ''biological'' process (akin to cancer). Even though it is heavily monitored (including through sub-dermal cybernetic implants), and seems to be at least partly of transdimensional origin, the notion of a "hyperevolved clone" gradually "devouring" the host's organs is fundamentally biological. The key role of "Daodan symbiosis" in Oni's plot qualifies the story as '''bio-punk rather than the more typical cyber-punk'''. | '''Konoko's [[Chrysalis]]''' is also presented as a free-running ''biological'' process (akin to cancer). Even though it is heavily monitored (including through sub-dermal cybernetic implants), and seems to be at least partly of transdimensional origin, the notion of a "hyperevolved clone" gradually "devouring" the host's organs is fundamentally biological. The key role of "Daodan symbiosis" in Oni's plot qualifies the story as '''bio-punk+sci-fi rather than the more typical cyber-punk'''. | ||
Another special mention goes to the '''[[Simulated Life Doll]] concept''', which is "an attempt to recreate human physiology with artificial materials" - i.e., synthetic tissue is grown into a human-like neural network, and memories/emotions | Another special mention goes to the '''[[Simulated Life Doll]] concept''', which is "an attempt to recreate human physiology with artificial materials" - i.e., synthetic tissue is grown into a human-like neural network, and memories/emotions are shaped through "brain engrams" coming from a human donor. Another staple of Oni's bio-punk orientation, the SLD technology was seemingly developed in the first two decades of the XXI century (Shinatama was apparently made in 2020 or so), and in 2032 new progress is still being made. | ||
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