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Dr. Terminator: The Prosthetics Designer Who Makes Sci-Fi Sculptures

Sculptor Christopher Conte combines his artwork and his experience making prosthetics to create mechanical, science fiction–inspired work with a touch of the dark side.

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October 6th, 2008 Tags: prosthetics
by Althea Chang in Cyborgs, Medicine, Robots | 10 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

10 Responses to “Dr. Terminator: The Prosthetics Designer Who Makes Sci-Fi Sculptures”

  1. 1.   Sarah Connor Society » Blog Archive » TSCC News Round Up - Spoilers & Stuff Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 1:43 am

    [...] Science Not Fiction discovers creepy Terminator-inspired sculpture – I think Cromartie would definitely have an existential crisis [...]

  2. 2.   Steven Vincent Mitchell Says:
    October 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Love Christopher work,all skulptures are perfect,clean,briliant as allways
    Good luck and keep creating!

  3. 3.   Steven Vincent Mitchell Says:
    October 23rd, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Love Christopher skulptures,
    clean,perfect,briliant like allways.Keep creating good stuff
    Blessings
    S

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  5. 5.   scott Says:
    September 10th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    hey doc, how would you feel about making a left handed prosthetic terminator arm?

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    November 5th, 2009 at 10:00 pm

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