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- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
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- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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- Article
The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
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Artificial eye made by Gio. Battista Verle of Vernice
Gio Battista Verle- Digital Images
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Artificial eye made by Giovanni Battista Verle of Venice.
Gio Battista Verle- Digital Images
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C.A. Hayman, Artificial cheek, eye and palate.
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Implantation of a gold ball for the better support of an artificial eye / by L. Webster Fox.
Fox, L. Webster (Lawrence Webster), 1853-1931.Date: [1902]- Books
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An artificial eye, with some practical suggestions as to its use / by W. Adams Frost.
Frost, W. Adams (William Adams), 1853-1935.Date: [1885]