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- noun Plural form of
prothesis .
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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On view that night: the carved wooden legs designer McQueen commissioned for her runway debut, plus a selection of other protheses.
Washington arts briefs Post 2010
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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Sexy double amputee Aimee Mullins -- you remember her star turn as a ferocious cheetah woman aggressing Matthew Barney's Entered Apprentice in "Cremaster 3" -- comes to Washington next Thursday, her many protheses in tow.
Washington arts briefs Post 2010
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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From the development of robotic protheses driven by human thought and self-replication of limbs and organs, we're making human machines and realizing yet another Da Vinci fantasy.
Ann Reynolds: Leonardo Was A Transhumanist Ann Reynolds 2011
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Croizon's specially designed leg protheses, which end in flippers, allow him to propel himself through the water.
Philippe Croizon, English Channel Swimmer, Attempts Crossing As Quadruple Amputee (VIDEO) 2010
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Croizon's specially designed leg protheses, which end in flippers, allow him to propel himself through the water.
Philippe Croizon, English Channel Swimmer, Attempts Crossing As Quadruple Amputee (VIDEO) 2010
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