BIONICS

Bionics is the discipline that achieves the union of the body-machine, as the result of the synergy between biology, engineering, and electronics, from where it arises as a result of the fusion of scientific knowledge, whose purpose is to design, create, and incorporate of implants in the human body capable of restoring functionality where it has been affected.

The process of tissue regeneration is carried out by seeding the respective cells, placed on a scaffolding of biodegradable or bioactive materials and little by little, the tissue of the bones, bones, muscles, arteries, nerves, and skin will take shape until creating tissue. or a full member.

Bionic Applications

The Bionic Man

Thanks to Biomechatronics, physical limitations can be overcome, designing prostheses that imitate human locomotion, using artificial tendons for this purpose; These prostheses are able to function even on uneven terrain thanks to sophisticated software that is capable of balancing and balancing forces, making thousands of corrections per second.

Wireless Bionics

A group of scientists has managed to create a neural bypass to avoid injuries that limit mobility; the system consists of an implant in the brain that collects and decodes motor commands, sending the signal wirelessly to a receiver located beyond the lesion. This neural wifi can restore mobility; The order then travels from the brain through your nervous system, in the form of electrical impulses, until it reaches the leg muscles where its movement is activated.

Brain Machine Interfaces

The Brain Machines Interfaces Program, which aims to develop new technologies to restore and even enhance human capabilities. By building interfaces with the human brain, which could make it possible for a person to be able to control peripheral devices and systems directly with his brain, simply by thinking of the corresponding actions; some of these actions controllable directly with thought.

Cochlear Implants

These implants provide some functional sense of hearing to people who would otherwise be completely deaf. Cochlear implants completely surround the inner ear and allow sound to enter the auditory nerve with the help of computer programs.

The Artificial Retina

The ASR microchip is a silicon structure that contains approximately 5,000 microscopic solar cells called microphotodyads, each with its own stimulation electrode, these are designed to transform light energy into electrical impulses that selectively stimulate the functional cells of the retina, providing visual information from the outside world. Its activation is produced by incident light and does not require the use of external cables or batteries, it has been tested in humans since the year 2000.

Navigating with Thought

Browsing the internet will be done only with thought, making use of brain implants, which will collect the information sent by the brain in the form of electrical impulses, we will be able to access a web page just by thinking about it. The development of brain implants that allow paraplegic patients to control a computer keyboard just by thinking about it has already been implemented.

Understanding and Repairing the Brain

The discipline of bionics, like others, can benefit from any technique that allows us to delve into the brain and understand this complex and mysterious organ a little better. Optogenetics and connectomics are two emerging technologies that will make it possible not only to decipher the mysteries of the brain but perhaps also to repair it in the case of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Optogenetics

An emerging discipline, which is responsible for the study of light as an efficient tool for the genetic manipulation of photosensitive protein neurons. Studies have led to the conclusion that memories are not erased, it is only difficult to access due to inefficiency in the neuronal connection.

The Human Connectome

The human brain has 89,000 million neurons that constantly dialogue with each other; From this collective dialogue emerge our thoughts, emotions, or even the curiosity of the brain itself to try to understand itself.
Each neuron connects and dialogues with many others through synapses. Deciphering this complex network of connections is what is called a connectome, one of the great challenges of science in this century.

Connective Tissue Diseases

Abnormal patterns of neural connectivity have been discovered, which could underlie mental disorders such as autism or schizophrenia. Scientists have already discovered that the connectome of autistic people differs from that of healthy people, once the connectome has been deciphered, the next step will be to repair it.