part man, part machine....

Terminator  is one film that explores the concept of being part human, part technology.

Cyborgs often appear in 'popular culture'

"Humans have been dreaming up cyborgs for use in fiction for as long as we’ve had mechanical objects. One of the earliest instances is an 1839 short story by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Man That Was Used Up,” where an unnamed narrator discovers that a famous and charismatic war hero, John A. B. C. Smith, is mostly comprised of prostheses after sustaining innumerable battle wounds. Over 150 years later, we’re still captivated by tales of mechanically augmented individuals, continuously exploring that theme of blurred humanity and the value of natural flesh."

                                ((http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/09/10-best-fictional cyborgs.html))

Even thinking about general sic-fi films, star-treck, x-men, the matrix, robo-cop, i-robot...
They all contain themes surrounding humans and their relationship with mechanics and technological advances.
Even cartoons have embraced cyborgs - Inspector Gadget, Iron-Man are just two examples that came to mind when thinking about this assignment.

It's not just humans that have embraced modern technology, even animals are receiving prosethic limbs and mechanical fittings.



Tonka, a Bay Area Turtle, lost mobility after her legs were bitten by a dog, so Peninsula Humane Society workers fitted the three-legged tortoise with a set of toy wheels. 

 Fuji the dolphin had delighted children visiting an aquarium in Okinawa until a mysterious disease began eating away her tail fin. To save her life, almost all her tail fin had to be amputated. Fuji accepted the third tail design, made of silicon rubber with a foam padding, and was able to swim almost as well as an intact dolphin. 

 Molly the pony. Her right front leg was terribly damaged and became infected.  Vet's removed her leg below the knee and an artificial limb was built.

                                      Stumpy, the kangaroo with a Prosthetic Limb

When a bird's beak is damaged, it may not be able to eat, drink, or hunt properly and could die as a result. Uzonka the stork had her bill damaged by human assault. She received a prosthetic beak after five preparatory operations.

Some modern photo-shopped images showing animals combined with technology: