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Pressure-sensitive artificial skin signals brain cells when touched
Artificial skin that sends pressure sensations directly to brain cells has been developed for the first time, bringing the eventual goal of flexible, healing and feeling artificial skin a step closer. Developed by Zhenan Bao, professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, the skin is able to detect the level of pressure applied to it, be it a light touch or a hard press.
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Neural Implant Enables Paralyzed ALS Patient to Type Six Words per Minute
Typing six words per minute may not sound very impressive. But for paralyzed people typing via a brain-computer interface (BCI), it’s a new world record. To pull off this feat, two paralyzed people used prosthetics implanted in their brains to control computer cursors with unprecedented accuracy and speed. The experiment, reported today in Nature Medicine, was the latest from a team testing a neural system called BrainGate2.
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Amputee Receives Working Furiosa Prosthetic Limb
Back in June I spoke with a woman named Laura Vaughn about how the prosthetic limb of Mad Max: Fury Road leading lady Imperator Furiosa was a triumph of both film making and the portrayal of amputees on screen. An amputee herself, Furiosa was a character Vaughn had never seen on screen before, and had never felt so connected to. “I just get Furiosa,” Vaughn told me, “and I feel like she gets me.” Just a few weeks after Fury Road came out, Vaughn was already hitting convention floors as...
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Man Given Eight-Inch Bionic Penis After Losing Use Of Genitals In An Accident
A 43-year-old man who lost the use of his genitals at the age of six has been given a “bionic penis.” The new device, which is 20 centimeters (eight inches) long, uses fluids from an implant in his belly to inflate two tubes along its length. It is controlled by a button on his scrotum. Mohammed Abad from Edinburgh, Scotland, lost the use of his penis in a tragic accident as a child when he was hit by a car and dragged for 180 meters (600 feet).
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Boy, nine, fitted with first prosthetic hand that can change grip with gestures
A nine-year-old boy, born with his right arm missing from the elbow, can build Lego, eat with a knife and fork and pull up his trousers for the first time thanks to a new bionic hand. Josh Cathcart, who was bullied because of his disability, declared his new limb “awesome” and could not wait to show it to his school friends, after becoming the first child in the UK to be fitted with the i-limb quantum, a special child-sized hand.
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Bionic hand uses smart wires to mimic muscle fibers
Engineers in Germany have built a biologically inspired artificial hand with muscles made from bundles of 'smart' wires. An electric charge is all that's needed to make these wires tense or relax...
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The Army is Developing A Mobile Arm Exoskeleton for Firearm Aim Stabilization
Soldiers on the front lines rely on their “marksmanship” skill, as their lives depends on it, so why not use SCI-FI and put it to good use? We have all seen a movie or animated series with soldiers having exoskeletons making them stronger, quicker more powerful…Iron Man and RoboCop come to mind. Dan Baechle, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is testing a mechatronic arm exoskeleton that goes by the name MAXFAS. Someone might ask what does the name MAXFAS stands for?
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Bionic Eye Implant Tested Successfully
A three year trial has recently been completed for bionic eye retinal implants. The results are promising, and the technology appears to be safe.
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The 8 Minute Surgery That Will Give You Superhuman Vision. Forever
A new bionic eye lens currently in development would give humans 3x 20/20 vision, at any age.The lens, named the Ocumetics Bionic Lens, was developed by Dr. Garth Webb, an optometrist in British Columbia who was looking for a way to optimize eyesight regardless of a person’s health or age. With this remarkable lens, patients would have perfect vision, ending the need for driving glasses, progressive lenses, and contacts, all of which are set to become a dim memory as the eye-care industry...
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UK Woman Gets Advance Hand
A new technology has enabled a woman who was born without a right hand to ride a bike for the first time, among other new abilities.
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Bionic revolution: 8 exoskeletons leading the field
Powered exoskeletons are finally coming of age. The Global Exoskeleton System market is set to grow at a CAGR of 72.51% from 2014-2019, according to a February report by Market Research Reports, Inc. Here are 9 lower limb assist devices you should know about.
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Brain-Controlled Bionic Legs Are Finally Here
No, really. Amputees have been testing them for over a year
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B.C. doctor says perfect vision possible with Bionic Lens
Imagine being able to see three times better than 20/20 vision without wearing glasses or contacts -- even at age 100 or more -- with the help of bionic lenses implanted in your eyes.
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Men have hands amputated and replaced with bionic ones
Bionic hands are go. Three men with serious nerve damage had their hands amputated and replaced by prosthetic ones that they can control with their minds. The procedure, dubbed "bionic reconstruction", was carried out by Oskar Aszmann at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. The men had all suffered accidents which damaged the brachial plexus – the bundle of nerve fibres that runs from the spine to the hand. Despite attempted repairs to those nerves, the arm and hand remained paralyzed.
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Mayo Clinic patient’s first impressions with bionic eye
A blind man causes an emotional scene when his reaction to his bionic glasses hits everyone in the feels.
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You wouldn't realise he's wearing an artificial leg
From the TV documentary "How to Build a Bionic Man".
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DARPA-funded mind-controlled robotic arm now works a lot better
At Expand NY in November, DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar talked about the erm, friendlier projects the agency is funding, including a mind-controlled robotic arm tested by Pittsburgh native Jan Scheuermann. Her test run has recently ended, but the University of Pittsburgh researchers in charge of project have published a paper detailing how much the limb has improved over the past two years. Before they took off Jan's implants, she could already move not just arm itself, but also its wrist...
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What happens to prosthetics and implants after you die?
Millions of prosthetics, breast implants, and pacemakers now exist – so what happens to all these augmentations when their owners die or no longer need them? Frank Swain investigates.
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How Bionics Will Transform Our Senses
Bionic tools are no longer restricted to the pages of science fiction literature. Real, amazing advances are being made and promise to transform the way humans experience the world. Trace runs down a list of some of the most exciting bionic inventions to date.
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