Redesigning the Human Body

The human body performs millions of complex functions throughout its lifetime. For instance, in a span of 60 seconds, the human heart beats 70 times, the body breathes 15 breaths, the tear duct moistens the eye 25 times, and human brand conducts millions of chemical reactions among other complex functions (Cherif, Jedlicka, Colyer, Movahedzadeh, & Phillips, 2012). Unfortunately, despite the exquisite design of the human body, a thousand flaws make it vulnerable to diseases.

Scientists, engineers, and writers have made several proposals about how the human body can be redesigned to make it more efficient and near perfect. For instance, there have been proposals about redesigning the disjointed spinal column into a semi-flexible cartilage. A second proposal involves redesigning the digestive process to optimize it in a way to counter the contemporary epidemic of obesity and fuel pathological processes of degenerative illnesses. The third proposal is redesigning the human eye to counter nearsightedness or farsightedness, cataracts, or astigmatism among other eye problems. Focusing on the disjointed spinal column, redesigning the spinal into a tube of a semi-flexible cartilage would result in a solid column with more capacity to carry loads. The spine would be designed into a solid column that would reduce the vulnerability of the spine to vital nerves injury. Notably, although it would limit the human body from turning and twisting, the semi-flexibility of the new design would enhance bending for an ordinary purpose. 

References

Cherif, A. H., Jedlicka, D. M., Colyer, T. E., Movahedzadeh, F., & Phillips, W. B. (2012). Redesigning Human Body Systems: Effective Pedagogical Strategy for Promoting Active Learning and STEM Education. Education Research International, 2012, 1-17.