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    The Respirocyte

    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.

    John Redmond
    by John Redmond

    Community Contributor

    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.

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