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<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:25:26 +1000</pubDate>
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    Medical bionics: how far can we and should we go?
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    <p>Venue: Laby Theatre , David Caro Building (Building number 192)</p>
    
    <p>How far would you go to be better than you are?</p>
    
    <p>Medical bionics have improved dramatically over the last 60 years and will eventually be able outperform functional limbs and organs. This will give us an opportunity for physical and mental enhancement and raise unprecedented legal, social and ethical issues.</p>
    
    <p>Professor Robert Shepherd will provide a snapshot of currently available and trialled technologies, as well as a glimpse into the future. Andrew Alexandra will examine the philosophical and ethical implications of these possibilities on the individual and on society.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:30:00 +1000</pubDate>
<category>Ethics,bionics,prosthetics,parkinsons,deep brain stimulation,bionic device,cochlear implant,retinal implant,brain machine interface,Computing and Information Systems,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Engineering Biomedical,Engineering Chemical And Biomolecular,Engineering Computing And Information Systems,Complex and Intelligent Systems,Health and Bioinformatics</category>
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    Re-seeing the future: How technology may restore vision
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    <p>Venue: Level 2 , Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre</p>
    
    <p>This FREE public event will look at how technology is being used to solve one of the biggest health problems facing our society today.</p>
    
    <p>Come along to ask questions of world-leading researchers and experts in vision loss.</p>
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<link>http://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/2658-re-seeing-the-future-how-technology-may-restore-vision</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +1000</pubDate>
<category>Science,Technology,medical research,bionics,eye,vision,blind</category>
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