[motherboard.vice.com]

"The Era of Artificial Hearts Has Begun
September 9, 2014 // 07:00 AM EST

On September 5th, however, another patient in France received the Carmat heart. "This intervention confirms that heart transplant procedures are entering a new era," French Health Minister Marisol Touraine said Monday in a statement, according to the AFP.

Naturally, some critics worry that, beyond the efficacy of the device itself, an artificial heart is too large a step towards becoming a cyborg—a term the public still isn't yet comfortable with. However, many futurists, like myself, believe such transhumanist tech won't scare most people in the long run."


[www.independent.co.uk]

"Mr Carpentier hopes his artificial heart, powered by replaceable batteries carried outside the body, will help to solve the chronic shortage of hearts for transplant surgery. Unlike a real donor heart, it should not provoke rejection by the host.

The Carpentier heart weighs 900g, is roughly the same size as a real heart and imitates its functions exactly. Electrical sensors and microprocessors monitor the demands of the body for blood and adjust the operation of the heart accordingly."