Health
‘I choose to thrive’: the man fighting motor neurone disease with cyborg technology – The Guardian
Peter B Scott-Morgan told me how harnessing technology will help him – and other people with extreme disabilities – live an enhanced life
In November 2017, Peter B Scott-Morgan received the news that almost nothing can prepare you for he was told he had just two years to live. Peter had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). It kills a third of those who have it within a year, rising to a half by the end of year two, with no known cure. Devastated as Peter was, hed already decided this was negotiable. Fortunately, long before his own diagnosis, he had been fascinated by the idea of harnessing the power of modern technolo…
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