Article: Hard graft; A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AFTER THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT, JAWS GROWN ON A PATIENT'S SPINE, BIONIC IMPLANTS AND FACE SWAPS ARE JUST SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES MAKING WAVES AROUND THE WORLD,WRITES BRIAN MCIVER.(Features)

Article: Bionic implants allow computer to be operated by ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 15, 1998 ;     648 words ...Science fiction has become fact with the development of bionic brain implants that allow a computer to be operated by the power of thought, it was disclosed yesterday. The breakthrough has been achieved by implanting hollow glass cone electrodes within the brain's motor cortex into which nerve

Article: Bionic implants give Reeve new freedom to breathe; ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  March 13, 2003 ;     532 words ...Michael Jackson faces Neverland tax headache Our ship's got a hole in it. More Champagne, darling? CHRISTOPHER Reeve has had electrodes implanted in his diaphragm to enable him to breathe without a respirator. Dr Raymond Onders, who performed the operation in Cleveland, told today's New York Times

Article: -ICL: ICL predicts next 50 years of computing
M2 Presswire;  June 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:170698 -- 1,000 computers for each person on the planet, bionic implants, an end to cash, and much, much more Fifty years ago this week the modern computer was born when engineers at the University of Manchester ...

Article: MANN MAKES HIS MARK BIOTECH PIONEER FINDS CURES, VAST FORTUNE; ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 31, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the blind, another for batteries for bionic implants. A firm to lead cures for allergies ... the shoe on the numbers game nearly 20 years ago when engineers approached him with a ... most generous residents. Just over two years ago, Mann - unknown to all but industry ...

Article: California-Based Biotech Pioneer Finds Cures, Vast Fortune.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 31, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the blind, another for batteries for bionic implants. A firm to lead cures for allergies ... the shoe on the numbers game nearly 20 years ago when engineers approached him with a ... most generous residents. Just over two years ago, Mann -- unknown to all but industry ...

Article: VOA NEWS: HIGH-TECH IMPLANTS RESTORE LIMITED VISION, MOBILITY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Million Dollar Man. Steve Austin, played by Lee Majors, got bionic implants that gave him strength, speed and vision far beyond normal ... enormous psychological boost. Jennifer French was married a few years ago. Like many American brides, she wanted to walk down the ...

Article: Movin' on up
Winnipeg Free Press;  August 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Majors), severely injured in a crash, is rebuilt with bionic implants during a $6-million operation. He uses his enhanced abilities ... Bass (if you recall, he tried to become an astronaut a few years ago) or David (The Hoff) Hassellhoff as Steve Austin. Seriously ...