Friday, October 11, 2013

“Bionic Man” to make debut at NY Comic Con Today!

In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 photo provided by Showtime, Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist for the University of Zurich, poses for a photo in Ne...

“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, after all. We have the technology.”

The term "bionic man" was the stuff of science fiction in the 1970s, when a popular TV show called "The Six Million Dollar Man" chronicled the adventures of Steve Austin, a former astronaut whose body was rebuilt using artificial parts after he nearly died.

Now, a team of engineers have assembled a robot using artificial organs, limbs and other body parts that comes tantalizingly close to a true "bionic man." For real, this time. Read story here

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Brief Blog Break: I've Got the Crud

It's going to be a couple of days before I post anything as I try to shake off the crud. I don't know exactly what I have but its br...