Inventor of artificial hand sees 'bionic' replacement parts becoming more
human 

Bionic limb replacements that look and work exactly like the real thing will
likely remain a Hollywood fantasy, but fast advances in human-to-machine
communication and miniaturization could bring the technology close within a
decade. 

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-02/rtsu-ioa020602.php