2008-11-30, 07:56 | Link #901 | |
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2009-01-26, 19:26 | Link #909 |
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Yuki is an artificially created human, with a mind connected to and a part of the IDSE.
It's never outright stated whether or not she is partially mechanical, but you'd think that'd be inefficient, as she'd set off metal detectors if she ever went into an airport. That, and the term "android" was originally supposed to be applied to artifically created humans, not humanoid robots. (Techically, the term for females should be "gynoid", but...) So, she's probably an artificial, yet completely biological, human. Comparable to a golem or something. |
2009-01-27, 07:08 | Link #911 |
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Yuki is probably undetectable as non-human to current (2000s) technology but detectable to the technology of Mikuru's era, provided that she is careful about such things as not allowing the nanomachines in her body to be extracted with a tissue or blood sample.
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2009-01-27, 17:48 | Link #912 | |
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The interfaces are very probably advanced forms of this kind of technology. |
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2009-01-29, 01:32 | Link #913 |
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Well, yes--it's been pretty much established that part of Mikuru's equipment is in the form of implants--such as her temporal radio that lets her talk to her supervisor and her chronometer, as well as the ability to store and read data files. On the other hand, the TPDD interface seems to be external in some manner, as evidenced by Mikuru searching her clothes when it goes missing in "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody".
Anyway, what I meant is that time-travelers from Mikuru's era could probably identify a Humanoid Interface, but 2000s people probably could not determine that they were not human, barring displays of inhuman ability. |
2009-01-29, 12:18 | Link #914 | |
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2009-01-29, 13:27 | Link #915 | |
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Yuki's growing humanity should be fairly obvious to the reader, as well... |
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