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The Respirocyte

Science Buzz Among a host of other rapidly developing technologies, the respirocyte will allow humans to do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, and sit on the bottom of a pool for hours on end. The respirocyte is a microscopic, robotic red blood cell that emulates the function of its organic counterpart…only with 200 times the efficiency. Do yourself a favor and check out the links to see where humans could be in the not-so-distant future.