How to build a bionic man | KurzweilAI
on January 31, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Rex (credit: Channel 4)
How to build a bionic man
January 31, 2013
Rex the bionic man shows how close technology is to catching up with — and exceeding — the abilities of the human body, The Guardian reports.
Housed within a frame of state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs is a functional heart-lung system, complete with artificial blood pumping through a network of pulsating modified-polymer arteries.
He has a bionic spleen to clean the blood, and an artificial pancreas to keep his blood sugar on the level.
Behind the deep brown irises are a pair of retinal implants, giving him a vista of the crowds of curious humans who meet his gaze.
He even has a degree of artificial intelligence: talk to him, and he’ll listen (through his cochlear implants), before using a speech generator to respond.
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