Young Boy Becomes First Human to Live With a Permanent "Robot Heart"

http://gizmodo.com/5654769/young-boy-becomes-first-human-to-live-with-a-permanent-robot-heart

The headline to this story had defiantly caught my eye. To see that a young boy is the first to have what they call “a robot heart”. Until now all other heart transplants were only temporary however this heart should help him live 20-25 years. This 15 year old boy from Italy has Duchenne syndrome which was wasting his muscles away. It was this syndrome which meant he couldn't receive a heart transplant. This forced doctors to look beyond the normal means to extend a young 15 year old boys life with technology. If you compare the unnamed boy's 90g heart with the first-ever artificial heart from 1969, you can see just how far the medical world has progressed in those 41 years. Who would have ever thought that someday a vital organ could be replaced with a robot organ to help save humans lives. This is an extraordinary story of how technology saves lives. And how technology isn’t only about our blackberry and iPhones and iPads but also technology has opened so many doors to help save people’s lives.