Talk:Mechanical augmentation

Hyphen
Which works of Deus Ex add a hyphen in "mechanical augmentation"? —Shidou T/C 15:57, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

None, this article has been that way since I got here. I just thought it was ok because there are redirects at every other spelling. If its a major problem I can always move it. Dorgles 16:34, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Looking back at Deus Ex, I remember Jaimie saying "mechanically augmented" when refering to Gunther in Paris. So yeah, this update is a correct form.

Aren't Omar Mechanically Augmented?
Wait, the article says there are no mechanical augmentations in Deus Ex: IW, but since the Omar are cyborgs, wouldn't they have to be mechnically augmented? Also, I remember Leo talking about how the Cordical Interface "replaces your frontal lobes." That doesn't sound like nano-augmentation to me.Puglous 02:00, October 19, 2011 (UTC)

The brain as Immune Privilige Site
At the notes section it was stated that some of the in-game research notes are mistakingly stating issues with the immune system for mechanical brain augmentations. However the brain does not only have it's priviliged immune system but also interacts with the central immune system. "The concept of CNS as an "immune-privileged" organ system, however, has been overwhelmingly challenged and re-evaluated over the last two decades. Current data do not only indicate the presence of resident CNS macrophages (known as microglia) within the CNS, but there is also a wide body of evidence suggesting the active interaction of the CNS with peripheral immune cells."

Inferior to nano-technological augmentation?
I don't think in real life, nor in the long run of the Deus Ex universe, that mechanical augmentation will be inferior to nano-technological augmentation. Honestly, how is a human who is nano-technologically augmented superior to a human whose brain has been mapped out by a computer and transferred into a robotic body? Will someone explain to me why Deus Ex portrays nano-technological augmentation as being superior to mechanical augmentation, when in fact, this is not the case in real life? 71.53.197.222 03:50, August 7, 2013 (UTC)

neither one exists more or less IRL so it isn't really relavent. That is how it works in the fictional universe. 69.178.63.252 05:10, April 24, 2014 (UTC)