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A real-life company is implanting microchips in employees

April 20, 2017

After a semi-painless injection between the thumb and index finger, a microchip is implanted in another employee. A cyborg is now created, and this human/machine mashup runs off to buy a smoothie using his or her new sub-dermal implant.

If that sounds futuristic, it’s because we’re conditioned to this as a sort of science fiction trope: human gets implanted, its overlords are now in control. For a Swedish company, however, the practice of implanting microchips into its employees has become routine, popular even.

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The next frontier in cybercrime? Your body

October 9, 2013

Advances in healthcare mean that in-body devices to treat chronic conditions, or even just make you perform better as a human being, are not as far away as you might imagine. Some of these innovations already exist.

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3D printed implant replaces 75% of a man’s skull

March 11, 2013

The 3-D printing technology is ideal for implants custom-shaped to each patient’s anatomy.

For the first time ever a patient has received an implant made specifically for him using 3D printing technology. the patient, an unidentified man, had 75% of his skull replaced with a 3-D printed implant made by Oxford Performance Materials, a Connecticut company.

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First ‘bionic eye’ implants will hit the U.S. market this year

February 18, 2013

The treatment involves electrodes implanted in the eyes of people whose retinas are damaged.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment that can restore (limited) eyesight to (some) blind people, last week. It’s an exciting milestone, despite the caveats.

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Scientists restore sight to blind mice by regenerating optic nerve

May 22, 2012

Scientists restore vision to blind mice.

There are three blind men who have an inherited eye disorder that had destroyed the light-sensing cells of their retinas many years ago. Now one of the blind men can walk around at night navigating by streetlight and headlights. Another can read his own name. And the third mean has been able to see his fiancée’s smile for the very first time. All of this has been made possible by the retinal implants they have been fitted with. The implants took over from the broken cells. They sense incoming light by converting it into electrical impulses delivered to the brain. They aren’t close to having 20/20 vision, but they have restored sight to people who have lived without it for years.

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U.S. military developing miniature drones that resemble birds and insects

July 12, 2011

Researcher Dr Gregory Parker holds a small, winged drone that resembles an insect.

The U.S. military is developing these. innocent-looking devices that are actually some of the most sophisticated drones on the planet. They resemble children’s toys that are left disgarded in closets around the world. (Pics and video)

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Scientists develop pulse-less artificial heart

June 14, 2011

The pair of ventricular assist devices are being prepared for surgery.

Surgeons have searched for the perfect artificial heart for decades. But they still remain stymied in their search for an artificial heart that does not wear out, break down or cause clots and infections.

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‘Mussel Gel’ Can Repair Tissue and Bond Medical Implants

January 29, 2011

Mussel byssus enables mussel to surfaces even in water.

A new gel that the inventors say you can play with like Silly Putty, can repair torn skin, bond implants, or act as an adhesive for underwater machinery. The invention, under development for several years, is now patent pending, and it’s all thanks to the biomimicry of a mussel’s byssus, the hair-size filaments that form a sticky foam enabling the mussel’s fierce attachment to rocks, substrates, and beds on the sea walls and floors.

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