Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT's Center for Extreme Bionics is launching a five-year project to create advanced bionics, according to Futurism.
Here are three insights:
1. The project is valued at $100 million.
2. Researchers will attempt to treat paralysis, depression, amputation, epilepsy and more.
3. The researchers will leverage a digital nervous system powered by optogenetics to try to treat paralysis and Parkinson' disease. The end goal involves creating cells and tissues to grow organs that will repair biological parts.