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Guide to artificial body parts

27 points| eurvin | 11 years ago |hopesandfears.com | reply

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[+] Rhapso|11 years ago|reply
Interestingly this totally ignores the rather mature field of artificial ears.
[+] to3m|11 years ago|reply
And artificial teeth.

(Interestingly, when they talk about the artificial jaw (see end of article), they mention having a dental bridge, because, of course, a jaw needs teeth. But I assume these teeth aren't real ones. Maybe false teeth just aren't exciting enough? But I bet patient satisfaction levels are pretty good.)

[+] xyzzy123|11 years ago|reply
Yep, Cochlear implants are the #1 direct neural interface.
[+] adriand|11 years ago|reply
> Another company, BioDapt, was started by a snowmobile racer, Mike Schulz, who lost his leg in a grizzly racing accident which caused his kidneys to shut down.

You know you're extreme when you race grizzlies.

[+] scintill76|11 years ago|reply
Best humorously wrong homophone I've seen in awhile. (If anyone's wondering, "grisly" is probably the word that was meant ("gruesome; causing horror or disgust"), whereas "grizzly racing" sounds like a race involving grizzly bears.)