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If the hardwired monkey controlled robot arm wasnt enough, read this:www.iol.co.za/index.php?c...3&set_id=1Sage Lofwyr, Arch Convoker (Alt)Black Mage: Your contributions to this group's endeavours...

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You do know that there have been crude, but successful cybernetic eyes that have allowed a blind person to see. There have also been successful ear implants.Sir Taallyn NifesbladeCrusader of...

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Aye, the hearing implants have been around for a number of years. They are actually a big contention with the Deaf community, because they don't really insure real normal hearing. For some people they...

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I watched a disturbing show not long ago about the surgery to implant these devices, mostly in deaf children. It tried to show both sides; not only the elated parents whose deaf child was helped to...

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That's a very good point, Shorley. We see this every day, where people refuse medical treatment based on personal convictions. It's a little mind-boggling for adults, but when they refuse the...

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To quote (from memory) one of the little people that Lisa grew in the Simpsons: "God, if you're so good... who do bad things happen?"Groundwolf, 65 Human Druid <Seventh Cavalry>Fatt Nuggly, 54...

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In the interest of brightening this thoroughly cheery discussion, I submit to you the following article detailing yet another "miracle" of modern science. Miracle of Modern Science (tm)Sir Taallyn...

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How about a drug chip?Sir Taallyn NifesbladeCrusader of LifeSeventh CavalryBristlebane

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Various comments on a similar theme....From a Darwinian perspective, medical advances are making every future generation weaker than the previous by not allowing the weak to naturally be "culled" from...

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The drug chip has been around for a while in other forms. One of my teachers wears a device as small as a pager that constantly monitors his blood glucose, injecting insulin whenever it is needed....

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Incidentally, last night I read an article in RD on "what causes aging".Basically, as our cells divide and split, they get their energy by consuming oxygen and turning it into energy. (95% efficiency...

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So, that means that we're rusting as we get older?Sir Taallyn NifesbladeCrusader of LifeSeventh CavalryBristlebane

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/chuckle...Sorta...We age because our cells get "old" by losing their electrons. This losing of electrons happens because the cells use oxygen. As more of the electrons are lost, the more it loses and...

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Amaris, I particularly enjoyed your post.Maybe we can turn this subject around to a more entertaining one by listing who we most think Jesus* should come down and smack around. At least until the...

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You're pretty close, Longs. Losing electrons from the oxidative phosphorylation chain creates damaging free radicals, but it's not like we have a set number of electrons to lose, it's just that the...

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I have heard overall efficiency numbers in the range of 10-15% for a healthy athletic person. Interestingly enough though, if you look at the Carnot ideal efficiency of a human "heat engine" (which is...

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That can't be right. I saw The Matrix and apparently you can run a toaster off each and every one of us. We must be incredibly efficient. :rollin------------------This is a test of the Emergency...

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Jonathan said:"On a hot day (over 100F... we "in theory" can't make work... if the ambient temperature [is] equal to or hotter than the temperature in the reactor,...the ideal efficiency is zero."I...

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