Darrow Industries

Darrow Industries is a company founded and owned by Hugh Darrow. The company is only briefly mentioned in Deus Ex: Human Revolution so not much is known about it.

Research
The company's primary focus seems to be on the research and development of augmentation related technologies. Darrow Industries was responsible for designing the PEDOT-cluster array which allowed implanted electrodes to work more effectively. These PEDOT electrodes rely both on neurons and conducting polymers in their design. This allows them to be accepted more readily by the body; an improvement which eventually led to the emergence of mechanical augmentations.

The company undergoes various developmental studies on augmentations. These studies include analysing the effectiveness of dermal modification processes, the functionality of optical augmentations and basic nanotechnological augmentations. In the study related to nano-augmentations, titled Respirocyte Technology & Hazardous Environment Parsing, the idea of articficial red blood cells, referred to as "respirocytes", is discussed. Acording to the study, these artificial cells could hypothetically be used to hold and transport hundreds of times the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide that normal cells can. This would allow a human who has been augmented with these respirocytes to hold their breathes for unnaturally long amounts of time. In addition, with the correct modification, the respirocytes could also grant the person immunity to airborne poisons and "other toxic environments".

Trivia

 * Darrow Industries' research into nanotechnology as outlined in Respirocyte Technology & Hazardous Environment Parsing is similar to the Aqualung and Environmental Resistance nano-augmentations appearing in Deus Ex. Aqualung allows the user to hold their breaths in aquatic environments for longer while Environmental Resistance protects against radiation and toxic substances. However, the mechanism of these augmentations according to UNATCO seems to be different to those proposed by Darrow Industries.

Related eBooks

 * Neural Interface Protocols: The PEDOT Revolution.
 * Dermal Modification Processes.
 * Optical Enhancement Functionality.
 * Respirocyte Technology & Hazardous Environment Parsing.