Learners investigate health technologies in the 20th century. Some topics examined are the heart, bionics, and bioengineering. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.

Lesson plans for a classroom investigation into the field of bionics, with discussion suggestions and links to sites on bionics.

Investigate scientists' use of models to understand more about an object, concept or relationship. Explore the difference between a healthy eye and an eye affected by macular degeneration by building two models.

Investigate a unique project that uses brain waves to operate machines, and perform biofeedback experiments to control physiological processes. Control hiccups and regulate your body temperature with your mind.

Explore how to keep your heart healthy by exercising regularly, sticking to a low-fat diet and not smoking. Use mathematics to understand nutritional information about various foods.

Provides an update on the primary areas of research in bioengineering and bionics: eyes, ears, liver, hands, skin, blood, cartilage, and tendons.

An interesting application of wearable computing that is helping blind people "see". vOICe technology uses synthetic (bionic) vision through auditory video representations, combined with current brain implant and retinal implant...

An activity in which students analyze simulated brain signals and attempt to determine which signals control which muscle activity, imitating the manner in which a computer attempts to decipher brain signals for use in bionics.

This article on the history and development of the artificial heart examines past attempts at artificial heart transplant and looks at future research and development.