News tagged with prosthetics
Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots
People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite very differently-shaped feet, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor (w/ video)
Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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‘Eyeborg’ man films vision of future (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Canadian filmmaker whose childhood hero was Lee Majors as a bionic man is making the most out of what he has done to compensate for having lost one eye by becoming Eyeborg Man. Rob Spence, ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Hand prosthetic gives teen new independence
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 15 year old British girl, Chloe Holmes, has been in the news as being among the youngest in Europe to wear a special prosthetic hand with state of the art bionic fingers. The bionic digits ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Running robot: MABEL is now the world's fastest two-legged robot with knees (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot in a University of Michigan lab can run like a human -- a feat that represents the height of agility and efficiency for a two-legged machine. With a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour, ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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PossessedHand: Technology group develops device to move your fingers for you
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an interesting meshing of robotics and prosthetics development, Japanese researchers from Tokyo University working in conjunction with Sony Corporation, have created an external forearm ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Wireless tags give physicians details and condition of orthopedic implants with the wave of a wand
Radio-frequency technology developed at the University of Pittsburgh that uses human tissue instead of air as a conduit for radio waves is the basis of the first electronic "tag" system designed to track and ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Laser printing speeds parts on demand to manufacturers
Pull into the auto repair shop with a smashed bumper, and there's no wait while they order a replacement. Instead, the technician downloads specifications from the manufacturer's database. You both watch as a laser beam probing ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Calif. woman shows off newly transplanted hand
(AP) -- For the first time in five years, Emily Fennell has two hands.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Ryerson students invent breakthrough brain-controlled prosthetic arm
Two Ryerson University undergraduate biomedical engineering students are changing the world of medical prosthetics with a newly developed prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals. The Artificial ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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New model shows importance of feet, toes in body balance
Researchers are using a new model to learn more about how toe strength can determine how far people can lean while keeping their balance.
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Scientists create illusion of having 3 arms
(PhysOrg.com) -- How we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan – in other words ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Mind-moved bionic arm goes on display in US
A bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator's thoughts and feels like the amputee's lost limb went on display Thursday at a major US science conference.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Taking brain-computer interfaces to the next phase (w/ Video)
You may have heard of virtual keyboards controlled by thought, brain-powered wheelchairs, and neuro-prosthetic limbs. But powering these machines can be downright tiring, a fact that prevents the technology ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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New generation of prosthetic gets closer to the real limb
A UT Arlington bioengineer has built a neural interface that he thinks will lead to a better prosthetic arm that will allow more movement and eventually sensation for military veterans who desperately need them.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 10, 2011 |
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