"of ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" Steve Austin (Lee Majors). Through the use of cybernetic implants, known as bionics, Jaime is gifted with an amplified bionic ear which allows her to hear at low volumes and at different frequencies from most humans and over uncommonly long distances. She also has extraordinary strength in her bionic right arm and in both legs that enables her to run at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. She is then assigned to spy missions of her own as an occasional agent of the Office of Scientific Information, while under the employment cover as a"
"The Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman is an American television science fiction action series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired between 1976 and 1978. ""The Bionic Woman"" series features Jaime Sommers, who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers. ""The Bionic Woman"" series is a spin-off from the 1970s ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" television science fiction action series. Wagner stars as professional tennis player Jaime Sommers, who becomes critically injured during a skydiving accident. Jaime's life is saved by Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) and Dr. Rudy Wells (Alan Oppenheimer) with bionic surgical implants similar to those"
"a disturbance, Biotrog encounters a mysterious man wielding the same cybernetic claws as his. However, this one had a fiery disposition. Although the two fought, the man escaped. Upon consultation with Dr. Wang, Biotrog learns the man's name Biolante, the first bionic man created by Dr. Wang. Biotrog views him somewhat as brother. On the other hand, Biolante wants to be one-of-a-kind and wants to kill him (KF#11). Although unsuccessful in his attempts, Biolante appears whenever Biotrog is in danger – much to Biotrog's surprise. The man reasons that if Biotrog will be killed, he will be the one who"
"Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (often simply Bionic Showdown) is a made-for-television science fiction action film which originally aired on April 30, 1989 on NBC. The movie reunited the main casts of the television series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and its spin-off ""The Bionic Woman"". It is notably the first television appearance of actress Sandra Bullock and the first film which strongly featured her. In the movie, a diplomatic crisis threatens world peace after an unknown bionic individual steals top secret information."
"the show. It was steeped in that old-school thinking. It was like a lot of things today, angry and dark. The Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman is an American television science fiction action series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired between 1976 and 1978. ""The Bionic Woman"" series features Jaime Sommers, who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers. ""The Bionic Woman"" series is a spin-off from the 1970s ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" television science fiction action series. Wagner stars as professional tennis player Jaime Sommers, who becomes critically injured during a skydiving accident. Jaime's life"
"because of his bionic body parts, Dr. Wang termed him Biotrog or Bio-Electronic Roger (KF#6) which was later retconned to Bio-Technological Roger (KF#50). With the help of Dr. Wang, Biotrog grew up to an honest and kind man. However, his face was so damaged that he had to wear a silver mask whenever he went out of their home. Although disfigured, he has overcome self-pity and is able to help others. On one occasion, Biotrog's encountered a jumper. Believing that no one would ever love him because of his appearance, the man attempted to commit suicide. Biotrog was able to"
"effort to capitalize the character's current popularity. On its initial run, Bionic Man was a stand-alone action figure with no relation at all with any other CIPSA lines of toys. One year later, a sticker was added in the front of the box with the line ""a Kid Acero's friend!"". Next year the box was retouched to present him as official part of LOBO. Bionic Man is a Big Jeff basic figure, but dressed in a silver jumper. He has a bionic arm, but instead of the Kung-Fu Grip which was one of the main characteristics of the Six Million"
"over the course of the ""Bionic Commando"" but has always kept his trademark Bionic Arm, which he uses both as a weapon and a grappling hook. In his first iteration, ""Bionic Commando"", the main character had wild blue hair, a green vest, and silver pants with blue boots. While he was an anonymous protagonist in the Japanese version, some localized Arcade flyers called him Super Joe, although he would later be a supporting character in the ""Bionic Commando"" series. The player character would return in the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of ""Bionic Commando"", where he was first given his"
"they form a superhero team called the Bionic Six. In the near future (some unspecified decades after 1999), Professor Dr. Amadeus Sharp Ph.D., head of the Special Projects Labs (SPL), creates a new form of technology to augment humans through bionics. His first subject was Jack Bennett, a test pilot who secretly acted as Sharp's field agent, Bionic-1. On a family ski vacation in the Himalayas, an alien spacecraft triggers an avalanche that buries the entire family, exposing them to the unusual radiation of a mysterious buried object. Jack frees himself but discovers his family in a comatose state. Theorizing"
"Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) Jaime Sommers is a fictional character from the science fiction action series ""The Bionic Woman"" (1976–1978). She is portrayed by American actress Lindsay Wagner. Sommers takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman powers. Wagner first played the role in the 1970s American television series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"". In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she reprised the role in several reunion television films. In the series' fictional history, Jaime Sommers is a former professional tennis star, who after recovering from her near-fatal first operation, is the first female cyborg. She is"
"Richard Anderson Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""The Bionic Woman"" television series between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent television movies: ""The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman"" (1987), """" (1989) and ""Bionic Ever After?"" (1994). Anderson was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson."
"Bionic Woman (2007 TV series) Bionic Woman is an American science fiction television drama that aired in 2007, which was created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television Group, GEP Productions, and David Eick Productions. The series was a re-imagining of the original television series, ""The Bionic Woman"", created by Kenneth Johnson, which in turn was based upon the novel ""Cyborg"" by Martin Caidin and its TV adaptation ""The Six Million Dollar Man"", retaining its forebears' premise while taking on a more contemporary setting. David Eick also serves as executive producer alongside Laeta Kalogridis and Jason Smilovic. Production of the"
"Floronic Man The Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue), also known as the Plant Master, Floro, and the Seeder, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared as an enemy of the Atom in ""Atom"" #1 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. His Floronic Man appearance first appeared in ""Flash #245"". His Seeder appearance first appeared in ""Swamp Thing #21"". Jason Woodrue first appears in ""The Atom"" #1 (June–July 1962). Woodrue is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads. Calling himself the Plant Master, Woodrue uses his advanced"
"episodic series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. Steve Austin became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off television series, ""The Bionic Woman"", featuring the lead female character Jaime Sommers, ran from 1976 to 1978. Three television movies featuring both bionic characters were also produced from 1987 to 1994. When NASA astronaut Colonel Steve Austin is severely injured in the crash of an experimental lifting body aircraft, he is ""rebuilt"" in an operation that costs $6 million (equivalent to $ million in ). His right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced with ""bionic"" implants"
"Dollar Man action figures, Bionic Man had magnets on his right hand and in several accessories which represents heavy containers and pipe tubes. Using the magnets, Bionic Man carries or pushes away extremely heavy bulks. This action figure does not have a bionic eye with zoom-in features, but in the comic he has it. His most notorious characteristic is it has a translucent right arm, so you can see his internal metallic bones surrounded by cables and circuits. Several Big Jim figures who shared the same changing face feature were sold as different versions of Zorak, the Dual Menace, including"
"Bionics Bionics or biologically inspired engineering is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. The word ""bionic"" was coined by Jack E. Steele in 1958, possibly originating from the technical term ""bion"" (pronounced ""BEE-on""; from ""bíos""), meaning 'unit of life' and the suffix ""-ic"", meaning 'like' or 'in the manner of', hence 'like life'. Some dictionaries, however, explain the word as being formed as a portmanteau from biology"" and ""electronics. It was popularized by the 1970s U.S. television series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""The"
"Award for his role in ""Burning Bright"". He was also nominated for a Tony Award. Martin E. Brooks Martin E. Brooks (born Martin Baum; November 30, 1925 – December 7, 2015) was an American character actor known for playing scientist Dr. Rudy Wells in the television series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and its spin-off, ""The Bionic Woman"", from 1975 onward (a role originally portrayed by Martin Balsam and then by Alan Oppenheimer). Brooks was born Martin Baum in The Bronx. When he was 10, he moved with his family to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. After high school, he volunteered to serve"
"Illusive Man The Illusive Man is a fictional character in BioWare's ""Mass Effect"" video game franchise. He is the leader of the pro-human group Cerberus. The Illusive Man wears an open suit that connotes both futuristic style and the ""casual swagger of a charming billionaire"". His eye implants make him appear slightly inhuman. He is normally seen in an empty office with no indication of his living arrangements. He is voiced by Martin Sheen. The character first appeared in 2008's novel """", and made his video game debut in ""Mass Effect 2"" as a supporting character. In the game, he"
"Bionic Six Bionic Six is an American-Japanese animated television series that aired from 1987 to 1989. It was produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed, through first-run syndication, by MCA TV, years before the latter company became NBCUniversal Television Distribution. Renowned Japanese animation director Osamu Dezaki was involved as chief supervising director, and his distinctive style (as seen in ""Golgo 13"" and ""Cobra"") is evident throughout all its episodes. The title characters of the series are a family of machine-enhanced human beings possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology. Each family member is given specific bionic powers, and thus"
"out that Vitamancers kept crazy scientist, who knew how to create the bionic - half automaton half living organism, long thought to be impossible to create, but appears that the bionic wolf was the perpetrator that did the killing in the graveyard. When legate finds out the truth about bionic wolf it is too late to stop it from start the killings - it gets unleashed. Legate and his legionnaires tries to do everything, but nothing they do can stop it. Then suddenly Jonas Basanavicius comes to help with his flying Dragon Ffly, a colossal glider, with the heavy machinery"
"Eggman (referred to by his full name Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the Western instruction manual) debuted in the 1991 Mega Drive/Genesis platform game ""Sonic the Hedgehog"", where he attempted to collect the 6 Chaos Emeralds and hoped to turn all of the helpless animals inhabiting South Island into robots under his control. Sonic manages to defeat Robotnik and returns peace to South Island. Robotnik returned in ""Sonic 2"", where he once again sought the Chaos Emeralds, of which there were now seven. He attempts to collect them in order to create the Death Egg: a huge, orbital space station that"
"of SF writer and aviation expert Martin Caidin, whose 1972 book ""Cyborg"" makes explicit reference to then-Major Jack Steele. The book formed the basis of the TV series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" (and spinoff ""The Bionic Woman""), which popularized, if somewhat inaccurately, the term bionics. (Steele's original meaning was the study of biological organisms to find solutions to engineering problems, a field now also known as biomimetics.) After retiring from the Air Force, Steele continued to practice medicine with a focus on psychiatry, and served as Medical Director of the Comprehensive Drug Dependency Treatment Program at the Dayton Mental"
"Lindsay Wagner Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an American film and television actress, model, author, singer, acting coach, and adjunct professor. Wagner is best known for her leading role in the American science-fiction television series ""The Bionic Woman"" (1976–1978), in which she portrayed action character Jaime Sommers. She first played this role on the hit series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"". The character became a popular-culture icon of the 1970s. For this role, Wagner won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role in 1977. Wagner began acting professionally in 1971, and has maintained"
"Jaime Sommers (played by Lindsay Wagner), a professional tennis player who rekindled an old romance with Austin, only to experience a parachuting accident that resulted in her being given bionic parts similar to Austin. Ultimately, her body ""rejected"" her bionic hardware and she died. The character was very popular, however, and the following season it was revealed that she had actually survived, having been saved by an experimental cryogenic procedure, and she was given her own spin-off series, ""The Bionic Woman"". This spin-off ran until 1978 when both it and ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" were simultaneously cancelled, though the"
"Bionic Commando Bionic Commando is a video game franchise consisting of an original arcade game released in 1987, and several later versions and sequels. The original Japanese arcade game and its Famicom counterpart (""Hitler's Resurrection"") are called . They were ""wire action"" games created by Tokuro Fujiwara, based on his earlier 1983 arcade game ""Roc'n Rope"". He originally intended ""Bionic Commando"" to be an expanded version of its predecessor ""Roc'n Rope"". In all versions of the game, the protagonist of the game is Nathan ""Rad"" Spencer, a futuristic commando equipped with a bionic arm featuring a grappling gun, allowing him"
"and occasionally comical man who yearns for the secret to eternal life and world domination. His right eye has been modified with a monocle that has a low-powered scanner that can detect individuals with bionics, even when they are disguised, and a destructive, high-powered beam. In rare instances throughout the series, he seemingly demonstrates superhuman, bionic strength of his own (on at least one occasion, he picked up Mother-One effortlessly and threw her around; in another instance, he was seen carrying as much solid gold out of Fort Knox as his other bionic minionsseveral hundred pounds' worth.)He was voiced by"
"Jaime Sommers (Bionic Woman) Jaime Wells Sommers is a fictional character portrayed by Michelle Ryan in ""Bionic Woman"", a remake of the original 1970s series ""The Bionic Woman"" in which Lindsay Wagner took the lead role. The character was created by Kenneth Johnson based upon concepts from author Martin Caidin's novel, ""Cyborg"" (neither Johnson nor Caidin, however, receive screen credit on the 2007 remake). The new version of the character is a San Francisco bartender. She was born in Van Horne, Iowa, to political activists, Ethan and Madeline Jo Sommers. Both parents traveled a lot for their causes, and could"
"bionic parts but the doctors (not knowing Biotrog's history) said they could do nothing about his deformed face. It was during his time that Angel, volunteered to fix Biotrog's face with her technology. She would do this for the man he loves (KF#47). During this time, it was Bernard who posed as Biotrog while the latter was recovering from the incident and from the operation that Angel is performing. Bernard has earned the trust of Biotrog and has entrusted him with the duties. And according to Dr. Wang, Bernard was playful but he passed as Biotrog (KF#49). As Biotrog, Bernard"
"Both ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""The Bionic Woman"" went off the air in 1978. A later episode reveals that Austin's biological father was also an Air Force pilot and was killed in the crash of his C-47 Skytrain in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Further details about Austin's later life were filled in during . In the first (""The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman""), which takes place several years after Austin retires from the OSI, it is revealed that he had a son, Michael, born in the mid-1960s. His mother"
"in the 1974 television series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and its spin-offs. The term bionic then became associated with ""the use of electronically operated artificial body parts"" and ""having ordinary human powers increased by or as if by the aid of such devices"". Because the term ""bionic"" took on the implication of supernatural strength, the scientific community in English speaking countries largely abandoned it. The term ""biomimicry"" appeared as early as 1982. Biomimicry was popularized by scientist and author Janine Benyus in her 1997 book ""Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature"". Biomimicry is defined in the book as a ""new"
"series lasted twelve issues; in the final one, he was 'recovered' by a Celestial, as the Celestials—revealed to be the power behind the Monoliths—had become interested in Machine Man. Machine Man, whose real name is Z2P45-9-X-51, was the last of a series of sentient robots created at the Broadhurst Center for the Advancement of Mechanized Research in Central City, California, by robotics expert Dr. Abel Stack for the US Army. However, all previous 50 experimental robots went mad as they achieved sentience and became psychotic, due to a lack of identity. X-51 was the only survivor, as he was treated"
"in October, 1980. In 1996, a new comic book series entitled ""Bionix"" was announced, to be published by Maximum Press. The comic was to have been an updated version of both the ""Six Million Dollar Man"" and the ""Bionic Woman"" and feature new renditions of the two characters. Although the magazine was advertised in comic book trade publications, it was ultimately never published. On August 24, 2011, Dynamite Comics published the first issue of ""The Bionic Man"", an adaptation written by Kevin Smith based upon a screenplay he'd written for a never-produced 1990s motion picture version of ""The Six Million"
"sequence, a narrator (series producer Harve Bennett) identifies the protagonist, ""Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive."" Richard Anderson, in character as Oscar Goldman, then intones off-camera, ""Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will ""be"" that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster."" During the first season, beginning with ""Population: Zero"", Anderson, as Goldman, intoned more simply, ""We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster."" During the operation, when he is having his bionics fitted,"