Artificial heart unveiled

"An artificial heart, which perfectly replicates the human organ, has been unveiled, three decades after the first human transplant. Pumping, rippling and beating almost exactly like the real thing, the new artificial heart could save the lives of thousands of patients, many of whom die waiting for a donation. France's leading cardiac surgeon, Professor Alain Carpentier and engineers from the group that makes Airbus aircraft created the device. It's constructed from animal tissue; titanium and materials used in aeronautical technology and is covered in specially treated tissue to avoid rejection by the body's immune system" - Times Online