20 October 2013 Current Affairs
Scientists Developed First Complete 'Bionic Man'
Scientists have developed the world's first robot human (Bionic man) made entirely of prosthetic parts and he can walk, talk and even has a beating heart.The robot, which cost almost USD 1 million to build, was assembled from prosthetic body parts and artificial organs donated by laboratories around the world.The bionic man also has a nearly complete set of artificial organs including an artificial heart, blood, lungs (and windpipe), pancreas, spleen, kidney and functional circulatory system.He also sports a cochlear implant, speech recognition and speech production systems.He lacks a few major organs including liver, stomach and intestines, which are too complex to replicate in a lab. His brain can mimic certain functions of the human brain and he has a retinal prosthesis.Roboticists Rich Walker and Matthew Godden of Shadow Robot Co in England developed the bionic man.The robot was modeled in some physical aspects after Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, who wears one of the world's most advanced bionic hands.
Dipika Pallikal Won Macau Open Title
India's ace Squash player Dipika Pallikal won the Macau Open title on 20 October at Macau, China.She defeated One Rachel Grinham of Australia in the final.This was Dipika Pallikal's seventh Women's Squash Association title.