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Great ideas and inventions are a part of everyday life. Without inventions there would be no new ideas that could help better the future. All it takes is some imagination and a little bit of science to make the world an enhanced place. True, there are times when the science can get out of hand, and then people get crazy and become scared. Then again, there are also times when scientists have amazing breakthroughs and they tell the world about them. Science can either go one way or the other; it is either a very good thing or the worst idea someone has ever had.
Bionics, or sometimes called bionical creativity engineering, is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology (“Bionics” n.p.). It is a mechanical prosthetic that is hooked onto a set of nerves, depending where it is placed, that retrieve signals from the brain to the limb. Bionic limbs give amputees a new feeling of living a more natural and normal life.
Cochlear implants (Baker & Sarpeshkar n.p.), or bionic ears, give a sense of sound to people who are partially deaf or hard of hearing. It picks up sound from the environment with one or two microphones. After picking up the sound, a speech processor sifts through the noises to pick out the audible speech. On the external of the ear, there is a transmitter that spreads the power and processed signals across the skins into the internal part of the device. A receiver and stimulator convert the signals into electric pulses, sending them through an internal cable to electrodes. Then an array of about 22 electrodes send signals to the brain making it audible speech (“Cochlear Implants” n.p.). The implants act as a substitute for ...

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