News tagged with prosthetics
Nanoscale 'stealth' probe slides into cell walls seamlessly
A nanometer-scale probe designed to slip into a cell wall and fuse with it could offer researchers a portal for extended eavesdropping on the inner electrical activity of individual cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The human hand is an amazing machine that can pick up, move and place objects easily, but for a robot, this "gripping" mechanism is a vexing challenge. Opting for simple elegance, researchers ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Scientists discover why we never forget how to ride a bicycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- You never forget how to ride a bicycle - and now a University of Aberdeen led team of neuroscientists has discovered why.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Robotics breakthrough: Scientists make artificial skin
Biotech wizards have engineered electronic skin that can sense touch, in a major step towards next-generation robotics and prosthetic limbs.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 12, 2010 |
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Paws for thought: Oscar the bionic cat
A cat whose back legs were chopped off in a farming accident has been given a new bionic pair, in a ground-breaking feline first in Britain.
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts
(AP) -- A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Advances made in walking, running robots
Researchers at Oregon State University have made an important fundamental advance in robotics, in work that should lead toward robots that not only can walk and run effectively, but use little energy in the ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Applause for the SmartHand
In one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Brain-controlled cursor doubles as a neural workout
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harnessing brain signals to control keyboards, robots or prosthetic devices is an active area of medical research. Now a rare peek at a human brain hooked up to a computer shows that the two ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2010 |
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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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New device may enable limbs to be controlled by thought alone
(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable, plugless, brain-to-computer interface using electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes strapped to the scalp has been developed by a team in the US. The device may allow paraplegics ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2010 |
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New high-sensitivity electronic skin can feel a butterfly's footsteps
Stanford researchers have developed an ultrasensitive, highly flexible, electronic sensor that can feel a touch as light as an alighting fly. Manufactured in large sheets, the sensors could be used in artificial ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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From touchpad to thought-pad? Research shows that digital images can be manipulated with the mind
Move over, touchpad screens: New research funded in part by the National Institutes of Health shows that it is possible to manipulate complex visual images on a computer screen using only the mind.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2010 |
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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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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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