Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:41 PM ET A real-life million-dollar bionic man
with artificial organs, synthetic blood and robotic limbs has
been created to showcase what’s possible with modern science and
hint at the future of prosthetics. The artificial human, called
Rex, stands 6.5-feet tall. All of its organs and body parts were
built in labs at 18 universities and companies and assembled at
Shadow Robot, a London company. Rex is valued at nearly $1
million dollars, according to the researchers. Rex’s head is
modeled after Swiss psychologist Bertolt Meyer who uses a bionic
hand. Meyer presents a documentary, “How to Build a Bionic Man,”
scheduled to air Thursday on the United Kingdom’s Channel 4.
“I’ve looked around for new bionic technologies, out of personal
interest, for a very long time and … until five to six years ago
nothing much was happening. Then suddenly we get this explosion
of innovation,” he told reporters at a news briefing today at
London's Science Museum. Artificial organs include a pancreas,
kidney, s