Half man, half machine: Scientists engineer first 'cyborg' tissue - which uses living human cells and organic polymers

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Mail Online - 8/29/12

  • Harvard scientists created 'cyborg' skin from neurons, heart cells, and nano-electronic wiring
  • Wiring allows scientists to detect and respond to pH changes on the tissue's surface, the same as human skin

Harvard creates cyborg flesh that?s half man, half machine

Engineering humanity: Scientists at Harvard have found a way to create cyborg skin, using nano-wires to mesh and human cells

It like it’s something out of a science-fiction movie – genius scientists engineer a synthetic skin that’s part living, part electronics.

But scientists at Harvard University have done just that, creating meshes of electronic and biological tissue. The end result is cyborg tissue, which is created from electrodes and wires combined on a Nano-scale.

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