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World’s first complete ‘bionic man’

 The world's first bionic man Rex.Meet Rex according to his creators, he’s the world’s first bionic man, complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood, robotic limbs and a human face. And as if that’s not enough, he can speak and listen, too.nearly $1 million-worth of state-of-the-art limbs and organs — synthetic blood from Sheffield University, prosthetic legs and ankle from MIT, retinas from Oxford University, artificial kidneys, pancreas and spleens from University College London and artificial lungs from Swansea was unveiled at London's Science Museum Costing more than £500,000 to build, the human-like machine is on display at the Science Museum in London.

He was jointly built with the help of over 18 companies and universities and for the first time gives tangible hope that replacing body parts with man-made alternatives can finally be possible.“Science is making aspirations and even fantasy ever more possible. We only have to look back at last summer’s Paralympics to see how transforming technology has become.”