I can't help but think of the movie Virus[1], which scared the living shit out of my 10-year-old self.
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Harvard creates cyborg flesh that’s half man, half machine
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#12It's only a matter of time until one of these things kills a person.
It's only a matter of time until another person kills a person.
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#14What would be really great would be the ability to penetrate existing tissue with nanowire sensors.
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#15If you need a quick jolt of adrenaline, you would simply tap a button on your smartphone If you can have cyborg flesh implants, I don't think you would bother with a smartphone.
Also, I would imagine that you can have that electronically triggered jolt of adrenalin today, too.
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#16[T]hese cyborg tissues could be used to create very accurate organs-on-a-chip — lab-grown human organs that are encased within computer chips and then used to test drugs or substance toxicity, without harming a single bunny or bonobo. That's the real story here - making a better OoaC. Organ on a Chip leads to faster testing.
How do you get an organ (besides skin) on a chip? Do they mean tissue?
For testing, you just need a tiny piece, but there are multiple tissues to simulate organs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ-on-a-chip#Organs
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#17My bet is the goal of this research is to repair spinal cords. I'm sure much more will come from it but, I bet that is why it was undertaken. This is a perfect fit for spinal reconstruction.
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#18I can't help but think of the movie Virus[1], which scared the living shit out of my 10-year-old self. --- [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120458/
I immediately thought Robocop.