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Within the past two decades we have gone from prostheses that do nothing to simple mechanical arms with very limited functionality to artificial arms that now p
by cs702 12y ago
Within the past two decades we have gone from prostheses that do nothing to simple mechanical arms with very limited functionality to artificial arms that now provide much of the basic functionality as the organic ones with which we are born.
Given the accelerating pace of innovation in this field, before long artificial arms are bound to become better -- faster, stronger, more precise, etc. -- than the real thing!
- kefka 12y agoI'm also watching the 3d printer > sugar printing > test tube blood vessel creation / organ structure creation > implantation. That research, blended with adult stem cell biology shows amazing progress in recreating organs at will.
- tomjen3 12y agoIt is funny, with all this new technology I fear grow older less and less. I wonder when we will replace "healthy" organs because the natural organs are inferier.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWe remove them already - tonsils, appendix, wisdom teeth, cataracts, vestigial tails