Medical bionics - Key text

Medical bionics - Key text
You only have to go to the movies to get an insight into the possibilities of bionics. The films Terminator, Ironman and Robocop all feature characters with artificial body parts.
One of the most well-known examples is Anakin Skywalker, of the Star Wars films. Skywalker was left for dead following a light sabre duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Having lost both legs and an arm and with his body badly burned, Skywalker was transformed into Darth Vader, with his distinctive black armour working as a life support system. Likewise, his son Luke Skywalker also received a bionic right hand after it was cut off in a light sabre duel.
Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker might be fictional characters from a galaxy far, far away, but creation of high-tech artificial body parts is already science fact here on Earth.
Research is underway in several key areas and although much has been achieved, bionics is still very much in its infancy. Scientists are striving to develop better controlled, lighter, smaller, more life-like and affordable bionic options. Here’s a rundown on the body parts you might be using in years to come.

Wonderful what this technology will do for so many people living with disabilities, I also wish humanity could evolve in other areas as well as we do in technology, for example:empathy.