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Nifty Body Implants Give You Quasi-Super-Powers

by Terrence O'Brien on May 1, 2009 at 03:15 PM


With the imminent release of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' everyone is getting a little super-hero envy (especially the guy in the video above). And who can blame them. There are certainly days when we wish we could heal our wounds and sprout indestructible metal claws from our hands, especially when some jackass with a Hummer parks across two spaces in the super market parking lot. Sadly, we're only human, and no amount of genetic engineering is going to let us shoot laser beams from our eyes.

Instead, we have to take what we can get from some advanced (if not quite Bionic Man level) implants and prosthetics. Science has given us prosthetic arms that are stronger and faster than our own, cochlear implants that are essentially hearing aides on steroids, and computers that read our brain waves allowing us to control robots and synthetic limbs (and Star Wars toys). But doctors and scientists aren't the only ones getting in on the action...


Body artists have moved beyond tattoos, piercings, and forked tongues, and put magnets inside the fingers of at least one man. This allows him to lift metal objects without having to grasp them, and he can now "sense" some electromagnetic fields (like live wires).

DVICE has a few other super-hero-esque implants to share with us. Hit up the 'read' link below for more ideas on how to use tech to get yourself one step closer to that X-Men dream. [From: DVICE]

Tags: health, implant, implants, prosthetic, prosthetics, science, super heroes, super powers, SuperHeroes, SuperPowers, top

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