The Six-Billion Dollar Man: Oxygen. Do we have the technology?

We can rebuild him. We have the budget... but do we have the technology?

In the process of reviewing the proposed enhancements for the Six Billion Dollar Man the following was discovered:

Enhancement: Extended Voluntary Apnea
Purpose: Implanted device significantly extends the period which the subject may hold their breath while maintaining peak physical activity.
Proposed Mechanism: Excess oxygen is extracted from the blood and stored inside this device during periods of rest. When a decrease in blood oxygenation is detected, this device can fully oxygenate and remove CO₂ to maintain subject operation. Collected CO₂ is released and oxygen reserves are restored during next period of rest.
Duration: Unknown.
Recovery Time: Unknown.
Feasibility: Unknown.

Please help fill in the blanks.

Can such a device be constructed, assuming 2050's technology? (Exponential increase in technological levels can be assumed.)

If the device takes the volume of half of one lung, what kind of duration can be expected during full exertion? How long to fill the stores and expel the waste?

posted over 8 years ago

Samuel‭

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