For many years, bio-robots existed only in the most wild fantasies of science fiction authors. But after a group of scientists created a real bionic man, complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood and limbs, the existence of cyborgs no longer seems so fantastic.
When creating a unique robot, the latest achievements of science in the field of prosthetics, as well as artificial pancreas, kidneys, spleen, trachea, as well as full circulatory system.
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The 2 meter humanoid is a bit like Steve Austin, the “bionic human “from the cult series of the 1970s” Six Million Dollar Man. “True, its creation was much cheaper, only million dollars. Known as Rex (short for “robotic exoskeleton”) – a high-tech robot, consisting of many artificial limbs and organs, travels around the world. Channel 4 recently filmed a documentary the film “How to Build a Bionic Man” to be shown on display at the Science Museum in London this week. It will be on it the question of changing ideas about the human person is considered amid rapid progress in bionics. In the documentary experts who participated in the creation of Rex’a will talk with Swiss social psychologist Bertold Meyer.
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Mayer was born without a left arm and uses a bionic prosthesis with the ability to capture, worth 50 thousand dollars. And although his hand by far the best option on the prosthetic market, it will be soon becomes obsolete. In the program, Meyer will talk about a much more advanced limb modular prosthesis (MPL) system that can recognize control signals from the top of the hand.
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He will also meet with a team of British scientists who restore vision to the blind by implanting microchips in their the retina, and also create artificial organs that can replace sick lungs, kidneys, pancreas and spleen. “I I’m interested in the development of bionic technologies because of personal interest. For a very long time nothing nothing special happened. And now we are close to can build a body with a set of functioning artificial bodies, “said Meyer. The project is supported by Wellcome Trust, a fund to help fund the study of biomedical science.
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