Harvard scientists created 'cyborg' skin from neurons, heart cells, and nano-electronic wiring Wiring allows scientists to detect and respond to pH changes on the tissue's surface, the same as human skin<\/p>\n
By Daily Mail Reporter <\/p>\n
PUBLISHED: 23:43 EST, 29 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:31 EST, 30 August 2012 <\/p>\n
It like its something out of a science-fiction movie genius scientists engineer a synthetic skin thats part living, part electronics. <\/p>\n
But scientists at Harvard University have done just that, creating meshes of electronic and biological tissue. <\/p>\n
The end result is cyborg tissue, which is created from electrodes and wires combined on a Nano-scale. <\/p>\n
Engineering humanity: Scientists at Harvard have found a way to create cyborg skin, using nano-wires to mesh and human cells <\/p>\n
High tech: Here, cardiac cells are pictured with a nano-electroic electrode highlighted <\/p>\n
The results, published in Nature Materials, detail how scientists in the lab embedded electrical nanowires into the lab-grown flesh. <\/p>\n
Dr Charles Lieber, who is a chemistry professor at Harvard and the leader of the research team, told the Harvard Gazette: With this technology, for the first time, we can work at the same scale as the unit of biological system without interrupting it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Half man, half machine: Scientists engineer first 'cyborg' tissue - which uses living human cells and organic polymers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Harvard scientists created 'cyborg' skin from neurons, heart cells, and nano-electronic wiring Wiring allows scientists to detect and respond to pH changes on the tissue's surface, the same as human skin By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:43 EST, 29 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:31 EST, 30 August 2012 It like its something out of a science-fiction movie genius scientists engineer a synthetic skin thats part living, part electronics. But scientists at Harvard University have done just that, creating meshes of electronic and biological tissue. Continue reading