3. JACK ELLWOOD
STEELE
"The Father of Bionics“
The word Bionics was
coined by
Jack E. Steele in 1958. It was
popularized by the 1970s U.S.
television series The Six Million Dollar
Man and The Bionic Woman, both
based upon the novel Cyborg by
Martin Caidin, which was itself
influenced by Steele's work. All feature
humans given superhuman powers by
electromechanical implants.
4. What does it means ‘BIONICS’?
“Hardware or machine parts implanted in
the human body and acting as an interface
between our central nervous system and
the computer or machinery
connected to it”
5. BIONICS
Bionic Eyes
Bionic Cochlear
Touch Bionic i-Limb
Bionic Muscles
Bionic Limbs
a) Arm
b) Tendons
18. CONCLUSION
• "bionics came to include not only the life
sciences, but cybernetics, information
theory, mechanical and electronic
engineering, and biology.”
19. REFERENCE
Guardian Unlimited (31/03/2005)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1448140,00.html
Jacobs, K.(1998) Interactive: The Bionic Man Is Lurking Round The Corner
Jahn, M. (1975) Six Million Dollar Man – Wine, Women and War, W H Allen,
London.
Jeccompomposites.com
(2002) http://www.globalcomposites.com/news/news_fiche.asp?id=460&
Melbourne Hearing Group (19/02/2004) What is a Cochlear Implant?
http://www.bionicear.org/mhg/cicaboutcochlearimplants.html
New Scientist (31/03/2005) Bionic eye May help reverse blindness
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7216
Popular Mechanics.com (01/02/1999) The New Bionic Man
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/medicine/1280986.html?page
=2&c=y