Is getting a human body to look Na'vi possible?

[Tsawke`Iheyu]

Originally Posted by Human No More

I was thinking today, about options for becoming similar looking to a Na'vi and what is possible today and what might be in the future.

Skin colour and markings
Theoretically possible through tattoos, but in the future could hopefully be done better, perhaps actually changing the produced colour.

Bioluminescence
At least one person already has UV tattoos of bioluminescent dots in NA'vi style, although actual bioluminescence that works in the dark rather than UV hasn't been done yet, as far as I know. Again, should be possible in the future though, even if glow in the dark rather than actually bioluminescent.

Tail
This is a hard one, not likely to be possible for a while, as it has to have all the muscles and nerve connections necessary for it to move

Ears
Another hard one, I think, as they need to be able to move again, and are also higher on the head than a human's

Eyes
Not sure how hard this would be overall, although I'm guessing that actually making them larger wouldn't be easy.

Nose/face
Should be possible now, I guess, although may not be easy to do.

Queue
One that just looks like one is easy enough, if takes a while to grow, but an actual functional one is unfortunately far off... Maybe one day...

I'd be interested to hear other people's observations on these and any more

I'm also wondering who here would go for looking like a Na'vi if they could. I know I would

Yap, you are so right about it...

But I had the courage to underline some of your... stuff I will speak on the Italic pragraphs :

1. The bioluminiscence (points...) comes from the organism and from the atmosphere's influence too, similar to the bioluminiscent environment. Even if we have bioluminiscent landscapes and fauna on Earth, it still would take hundreds of years to multiply them in their environment or for the atmosphere to change and make an impact on humanity or animals or the rest of the biosphere. The thing is that I would like some unique bioluminiscent points on me, they are so cool.

2. The tail could be something too, but as you say it need a lot of improvement to the nervous system and new muscles. Our body construction wouldn't permit a such intervention and we would also need a more advanced brain to accept other moving body parts.

3. I was speaking with a friend of mine today about the Na'Vi ears and he said he'd like that too. Anyway, I watched separately the ears of my dog and the ears of a friend's cat also noticing a little difference, not speaking about the shape, but it's construction and functions are various from age to age and from species to species. The cat sharps its ears when angry or concentrated, dogs do that only when they're looking at something or trying to understand something. Na'Vi have both of these functions (watch Neytiri's ears when she's singing and watch them when she's making the viper-wolves go away). Our mind could accept and could handle (probably) moving ears like the feline's.

4. The nose is feline type... it could be possible, and it would be awesome too.

5. Yea, this "Tsahaylu" choice would be vvvvery difficult imo. The Na'Vis have that connected to their brain, and as you can notice (when Quaritch pulls Jake's avatar queue it hurts so as it hurts us when we get hit in the back of the head...) it is connected to the nerves and other vital functions. I really like when the Na'Vi meditate at the Tree of Souls, or when they unite for Jake to come into the avatar body forever... the power of their thoughts, their feelings is so deep and so unexplainable by science in a way we can't imagine

Good point, ma tsmukan.