Medical Engineering
Technological developments are almost impossible to keep up with – certainly in the medical world, where ever more futuristic-looking technology is being developed. Exoskeletons that enable people with spinal cord injuries to walk again, bionic prostheses controlled by nerve impulses, robots that help patients after a stroke, 3D printers that print organic tissue. Where will this end and does it have any real added value for patients and those in need of help?
Technological innovation in the medical field is also receiving increasing political attention. Billions have been set aside for medical innovation in both the EU’s largest funding programme for research and innovation and the British Government’s policy document. These technological advances must of course be viewed critically, but they offer incredible opportunities, as Aristides Schnelzer shows in his series ‘Medical Engineering’. However, he also shows with piercing and isolating clarity that science is slowly beginning to resemble fiction.
