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World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 3:31pm On Feb 10, 2013
See link:Here

For those wey no like long story, see below.

Akpos:
Wetin be this:Rex, the world’s first bionic man, only costs about $1 million.

Wetin dem mean by bionic?: he is a full-size replica of a human man, complete with a face, several artificial organs and working circulatory system with artificial blood. He also “speaks”.

Na wa o, end times?: No, not end times. He is the result of a project researchers put together for a television program in the UK called “How to Build a Bionic Man”.

How e use affect the price of garri?: If people need organ transplants (like all these our politicians dem) they can opt for a man-made part instead of languishing on a donor list or Indian visa grin, and it’s an example of how amazing and beneficial technology can be.

I no gree, I wan see picture: NO wahala..





Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 3:33pm On Feb 10, 2013
LONG STORY

Meet Rex. According to his creators, he’s the world’s first bionic man, comprising artificial organs, synthetic blood, robotic limbs and a human face. And as if that’s not enough, he can speak and listen, too.

Unveiled at a special exhibition at London’s Science Museum this week, the artificial human was created for a Channel 4 documentary called How to Build a Bionic Man. The project cost £640k ($1m) and showcases the latest achievements and advancements in bionic technology and prosthetic science.

“Strictly speaking, he’s not a robot,” Channel 4’s science editor Tom Clarke says in a report (below) about the bionic creation. “His parts aren’t designed to work together, but each one either is, or soon could be, part of a living human being.”

Rex’s two-meter-tall ‘body’, built with currently available bionic and prosthetic technology, includes a prosthetic face, hands, hips, knees and feet as well as cochlear implants which enable him to hear and retinal implants that allow him to sense objects in front of him. Speech synthesis technology means Rex can make sense of simple statements and even respond to some questions.

Artificial blood pumps through his artificial organs, which include a heart, kidney and pancreas. He also has a spleen and trachea. The stomach is missing, but one imagines it won’t be too long before the science boffins fix him up with one of those, too.

“Throughout history people have always sought to enhance themselves to overcome disabilities or to become bigger, better, stronger and faster,” Clare Matterson of the Wellcome Trust, which is funding the exhibition, told Sky News.
“Science is making aspirations and even fantasy ever more possible. We only have to look back at last summer’s Paralympics to see how transforming technology has become.”
Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 3:33pm On Feb 10, 2013
Sorry guys, na my thread, so FTC tongue
Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 3:52pm On Feb 10, 2013
na wa oo. this oyinbo people are moving closer and closer.
sign of end time
Re: World's First Bionic Man by aadetoyin(f): 9:38pm On Feb 10, 2013
Can he reproduce? Mschew.
if its not panadol it can never be like panadol.
Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 9:40pm On Feb 10, 2013
aadetoyin: Can he reproduce? Mschew.
if its not panadol it can never be like panadol.
And your point is? angry
Re: World's First Bionic Man by aadetoyin(f): 10:17pm On Feb 10, 2013
musKeeto:
And your point is? angry

So u still dont get the point? No matter how close they are to their scientific breakthru there can never have a clone that will be as close as the real human. They tried cloning now its the bionic man. they should keep tryin but as long as they cannot produce the breathe of life then they can NEVER get it right.

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Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 10:21pm On Feb 10, 2013
aadetoyin:

So u still dont get the point? No matter how close they are to their scientific breakthru there can never have a clone that will be as close as the real human. They tried cloning now its the bionic man. they should keep tryin but as long as they cannot produce the breathe of life then they can NEVER get it right.
So you read this wonderful report and all your conclusion that it's a ploy to emulate GOD's creative abilities? I hope you never need an artificial kidney in your lifetime, pray you never will.. angry
Re: World's First Bionic Man by aadetoyin(f): 10:23pm On Feb 10, 2013
Did I mention God. Am just tellin u that they should continue but they just would never achieve creating a real human because thay has always been their aim.
Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 10:31pm On Feb 10, 2013
aadetoyin: Did I mention God. Am just tellin u that they should continue but they just would never achieve creating a real human because thay has always been their aim.
Please don't be disingenuous
aadetoyin:

breathe of life then they can NEVER get it right.
Breathe of life na mess?
Re: World's First Bionic Man by aadetoyin(f): 11:08pm On Feb 10, 2013
Ne me dey even answer u.
Y argue wit u wen all u want to do on ur tread is argue.
abeg ayaf left ur thread for u. Mr Bionic pro.
Re: World's First Bionic Man by Nobody: 4:19am On Mar 01, 2013
aadetoyin: Ne me dey even answer u.
Y argue wit u wen all u want to do on ur tread is argue.
abeg ayaf left ur thread for u. Mr Bionic pro.
Bye bye..

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