"Bionic Man" Unveiled at London's Science Museum

London's Science Museum unveils a million-dollar "bionic man," complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood and robot limbs.

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3 months ago

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Technology

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Robots, Science

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London, United Kingdom

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bionic man

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SHOTLIST: -Bertolt Meyer presenting "bionic man" SOUNDBITE 1 Bertolt Meyer (man), social psychologist, participated in the project (English, sec): "The bionic man was put together in order to showcase the current state of bionic and medical technology. We wanted to find out how far we have come in replicating certains organs and replacing certain limbs." -VAR bionic man SOUNDBITE 2 Bertolt Meyer (man), social psychologist, participated in the project (English, sec): "In the future, more and more technology will be applicable to humans that we see here today. For example, today, if you kidney fails, you need a kidney transplant. In the very near future, we might have an artificial implantable kidney that we can implant and replace a failing kidney." -VAR bionic man