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Sieht so aus, als wäre ein Stück bionische Science Fiction aus meiner Kindheit in Katzengestalt Realität geworden:
"The cat, named Oscar, was referred to Mr Fitzpatrick by his local vet in Jersey, following the accident last October. Oscar was struck by the combine harvester whilst dozing in the sun. The prosthetic pegs ... were developed by a team from University College London led by Professor Gordon Blunn ... Professor Blunn and his team have worked in partnership with Mr Fitzpatrick to develop these weight-bearing implants, combining engineering mechanics with biology. Mr Fitzpatrick explained: "The real revolution with Oscar is [that] we have put a piece of metal and a flange into which skin grows into an extremely tight bone ... We have managed to get the bone and skin to grow into the implant and we have developed an 'exoprosthesis' that allows this implant to work as a see-saw on the bottom of an animal's limbs to give him effectively normal gait." BBC News: Bionic feet for amputee cat
(via POPSCI)
