Having a transplant makes you half asleep without suffering pain

Researchers at MIT have found a way to put electronic devices into the human body.

The human body is wonderful but not perfect. It can have defects, damage and disease that can be attacked with little or no warning.

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Polymers are made of transparent water and are like muscles, ligaments of the human body.

If we can improve ourselves with the help of electronic devices, we can solve some problems. However, it is difficult to transplant electronic devices into the human body because they are usually made of hard plastic or slings, which can not be as flexible as human skin. Our bodies do not accept them and have bad reactions.

To overcome this, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created a new type of hydrogel , a transparent, water-like polymer resembling muscle and ligaments. This gel can contain tiny devices with tracking functions inside the human body, providing drugs or electrical impulses. It is very flexible so it can bend and twist without fear of being torn or broken.

Since most of our bodies are made up of the same material, it will not react badly to new gel materials like other materials.

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This gel helps us create cyborg, who is implanted with electronic devices.

Currently, this gel has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. But scientists believe it will be approved within the next few years. The new hydrogel can be used to create a whole new generation of medical equipment.

And more importantly, it can help us create cyborg, who is implanted with electronic devices.