For more than 140 years medical devices have been built in the city Tuttlingen, a small town in rural Swabia. An extraordinary tradition of craftsmanship, ranging from small family enterprises to large companies with a leading position on the world market. The film portrays a city where much of what has been a defining feature for more than a century is bound to change withing a few years. In the context of global economy, Tuttlingen is closely linked to the city Sialkot in Pakistan - another centre of medical technology.

Technological progress today is allowing mankind to conceive of a radically “improved” human being, a “Human version 2.0”, modeling his own species according to his wishes. In laboratories all over the world, a new kind of individual, partially re-engineered, is not only in the process of being dreamed up and tested, but manufactured. Some scientists are betting that Homo Sapiens (that is to say, us!) will soon be considered a charming but outdated version of mankind. It is time, they say, to upgrade to Homo Technologicus.

It is a surgery that has one of the highest success rate ... Each year, more than 20,000 Belgians profit from it: the hip replacement is having more and more followers. And not necessarily in the elderly population! How does one live before and especially after such an operation? Did you know that each case is unique and requires the use of multiple advanced techniques? After going the knife, most patients wonder why they have not taken that decision sooner !