Cyborgs, Genes and Tiny Machines
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In the future, you could run on robot legs, your doctor could be a computer, you mght have tiny machines inside your body to keep you healthy... and you could even live forever! Take a trip into the future of medicine with this fact-packed, funny and fascinating new book.
Paul Ian Cross, author of How to Vanquish a Virus and Bodies, Brains and Bogies, explains everything from genetic modification, eco-health and virtual reality medicine, to remote surgery by robot and personalised medicine. These hyper-exciting advances might sound like science fiction ? but they're all being developed by scientists, and some are even being used right now! This brilliantly informative book, with hilarious, detailed illustrations from Steve Brown, de-mystifies a whole host of upcoming technology and shows how the future of medicine could make the world a brighter place.
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Future Fantastic • Bionic Bodies • Gene-ius • Nanobots & Robo-docs • A Virtual World • Bioprints & Body Bits • Artificial Intelligence • Terrific Tech • Eco-Health • World Wide Wonders • Forever Friends • The Final Frontier.
