In this video, released yesterday, you can watch what might be called the world’s first cyborg lifeform. Called a medusoid, it’s a completely engineered jellyfish that blends living and non-living parts — specifically, the creature is a thin layer of rat heart muscle cells grown on top of a layer of elastic silicone. The result is a creature that swims like an ordinary jellyfish. Created by a group of bioengineers at Caltech and Harvard, the medusoid could be the first real step toward cyborg life.   Original post on io9.com →   Comments on digg.com →