{"id":146206,"date":"2022-09-12T19:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/beyond-bionics-how-the-future-of-prosthetics-is-redefining-humanity"},"modified":"2022-09-12T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:26:49","slug":"beyond-bionics-how-the-future-of-prosthetics-is-redefining-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/beyond-bionics-how-the-future-of-prosthetics-is-redefining-humanity","title":{"rendered":"Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgTwa3CPrIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bionic technology is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people while raising profound questions of what it is to be human. From DIY prosthetics realised through 3D printing technology to customised AI-driven limbs, science is at the forefront of many life-enhancing innovations.<\/p>\n<p>Support the Guardian \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute\">https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today in Focus podcast \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/todayinfocus\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/todayinfocus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2016\/sep\/02\/sign-up-for-the-guardian-documentaries-update\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2016\/sep\/02\/sign-up-for-the\u2026ies-update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian YouTube network:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/beyond-bionics-how-the-future-of-prosthetics-is-redefining-humanity\">Continue reading \u201cBeyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bionic technology is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people while raising profound questions of what it is to be human. From DIY prosthetics realised through 3D printing technology to customised AI-driven limbs, science is at the forefront of many life-enhancing innovations. Support the Guardian \u25ba https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute. Today in Focus podcast \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/todayinfocus. Sign up [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,1499,6,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-cyborgs","category-robotics-ai","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}