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posted by CharlesB in In The News

Did you watch "The Six Million Dollar Man" with Lee Majors?

February 6, 2013

I did. And I had the toys when I was little too!

Bionic "Rex", the world's first "bionic man" is in the news and I thought that it's interesting news.

Meet Rex: the $1m bionic man with working heart, set of lungs and human face
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meet-rex-the-1m-bionic-man-wit...

The $1M man
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4780685/Real-life-million-doll...

"It cost six million dollars to create bionic superhero Steve Austin.
Scientists however have built a man from artificial limbs for a sixth of the price.
Known as Rex – short for robotic exoskeleton – his 6ft frame is made up of an array of artificial limbs and organs from around the world."--By NICK MCDERMOTT

Meet Rex, the real bionic man (and he didn't cost $6million!): Scientists create body using artificial limbs and organs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2269824/Scientists-create...

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