Cybernetic Prosthetics

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Cybernetic Prosthetics
Kendric Evans

• Gone are the days when
• losing a limb or organ was permanent

With the advent of smaller microprocessors and
businesses beginning to see dollar signs, robotic
limbs and artificial organs are no longer
confined to science fiction.
Significant advancements in the fields of
biomimicry, artificial neurons, robotic muscles
and sugar-powered robotics have made such things
not only feasible, but profitable.
Microchips in artificial legs can detect when
weight is put on it and adjust hydraulics to
accommodate that weight. Implants for diabetics
may soon be able to determine if they need
insulin and administer it automatically.
How far will it go?
One possibility is to link humans with machines,
to create cyborgs, part human, part machine
Kevin Warwick, Professor of cybernetics