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Stories · 2

  1. Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the cue-cool-sound-effect dept. · 129 comments
    choongiri writes "The London Guardian is reporting on the creation of replacement eyes and working hands in the race to build a $6bn human. Currently being worked on is everything from bionic eyes to an entire exoskeleton enabling the wearer to carry 200lbs. From the article: 'The 1970s gave us the six-million-dollar man. Thirty years and quite a bit of inflation later we have the six-billion-dollar human: not a physical cyborg as such, instead an umbrella term for the latest developments in the growing field of technology for human enhancement.'"

  2. Missing Link Fossil Discovered

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the intelligent-fossil-design dept. · 864 comments
    choongiri writes "The Guardian is reporting the discovery of a missing link of evolution. From the article: "Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago.""