Bionic
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Bionic
Bionic advancements are leading to new devices and designs that are improving the lives of those with disabilities and impairments. Already, it's improving the lives o those with prosthetics and It's development is promising a bright future where the paralyzed will walk, the deaf will hear, and the blind can see.

But there are fears that one day it will lead to those with bionic parts and implants having Superhuman abilities. And they could be used to create bionic oppressive military forces or police force or dangerous criminal gangs.

There's also the possibility that bionic enhancement may becoming a consumer product the way plastic surgery and cosmetic enhancements are today. There may be a day where healthy enabled person decide to replace their organs, joints or limbs or receive chip implants all for the purpose of becoming better, stronger, and faster.

Possible Benefits
Concerns & Fears
Indeed, through fundamental advances in bionics in this century, we will set the technological foundation for an enhanced human experience, and we will end disability.
Hugh Heer
We're allowing people to do things that in some cases they haven't done for years, decades even.
Dr. Levi Hargrov
These new prostheses aren't just going to restore missing human abilities. They're going to enhance our abilities, giving us powers we never had before
Ramez Naam
American technologist
History
1961
1961
  • Dr.Pramod Sethi develops the “Jaipur Foot", which is more flexible than previous foot prosthetics

  • Heinrich Ernst developed the first computer-operated mechanical hand.
1965 - 1971
1965 - 1971
General Electric develops the first exoskeleton powered suit called the “Hardiman“. But it was deemed too heavy and bulky for human use.
September 1976
September 1976
      December 1982
      December 1982
      Barney Bailey Clark, becomes first person to receive an Artificial Heart. He survived 112 days after the surgery
      1993
      1993
      • David Gow develop first partial hand system
        2007
        2007
        • Touch Bionics releases the I-limb

        • Claudia Mitchell a former US Marine, becomes the first woman implanted with a bionic arm
        Types of Bionic
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