Bionics and Cyborg Technologies - Documentaries

Superhuman: Spare Parts
BBC TV (UK), 2000, 50 min
In this programme Prof. Robert Winston discusses cochlear implant, pioneering work with electronic chips to overcome blindness, a bionic hand and a hand transplant, heart transplant, pig cell implant to the brain to treat Parkinson's disease, and the question of farming animals for organ transplants to humans. Cochlear implant surgery is shown, with discussion of the problems the patient will experience in becoming accustomed to sound. A bionic arm is shown, the patient attaches himself to it and is seen working out the problems of controlling it. The man who received the world's first hand transplant (in France in 1998) discusses the problems he and other people experienced in coming to terms with it.

Future Fantastic: The Brave New Body (Season 1, Episode 5)
BBC TV (UK), 19 July 1996
The Brave New Body examines advances in the manufacture of body parts and asks whether we will be able to create a bionic man, or whether we are bringing to life the story of Frankenstein.  One prospective use of this technology is for disabled people, enabling them to gain greater control over their environment by implanting electrodes in the body to create a link between the brain and the mechanised body part.

21st Century Medicine: Bionic Breakthroughs
2001, USA, 52 min
Internet Movie Database webpage: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6674146/

Scientific American Frontiers: Bionics  (Season 4, Episode 1)
PBS (USA), 13 October 1993, 60 min
Internet Movie Database webpage: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079246/

Visions of the Future Episode 1: The Intelligence Revolution
BBC4 Mon 9 Aug 2010 19:30
Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku shows how, in the 21st century, artificial intelligence is going to become as ubiquitous as electricity, how robots with human-level intelligence may finally become a reality, and how we'll even be able to merge our minds with machine intelligence. As the challenges and choices are literally mind-bending, Dr Kaku asks how far we will ultimately go. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0087fn6

How to Build a Bionic Man
Series 1 Episode 1, Channel 4
FIRST BROADCAST: 9PM Thu 7 February 2013
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-build-a-bionic-man/4od
From bionic arms and legs to artificial organs, science is beginning to catch up with science fiction in the race to replace body parts with man-made alternatives.
How to Build a Bionic Man follows psychologist Bertolt Meyer, who has a bionic hand himself, as he meets scientists working at the cutting edge of research to find out just how far this new technology can go.

FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
Director: Regan Brashear
This documentary takes a close look at the drive to be “better than human” and the radical technological innovations that some are advocating we embrace.

The Brain
BBC, 25 Feb 2016
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in a series that reveals the ultimate story of us, why we feel and think the things we do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yjrdp

The Immortalist
BBC Horizon, 16 March 2016
The gripping story of how one Russian internet millionaire is turning to cutting-edge science to try to unlock the secret of living forever.