Once the preserve of science fiction, increasingly sophisticated robotic devices are vying for a place side by side with humans in the real world.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 29, 2012
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The word "bionic" conjures up images of science fiction fantasies. But in fact bionic systems – the joining of engineering and robotics with biology (the human body) – are becoming a reality here and now.
Engineering
Mar 12, 2015
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A new technology solution which will provide low-power systems for use in bionic eyes, has been jointly developed by academics from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and Northumbria University.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 22, 2021
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Bionic eyes and limbs made television's six million dollar man an icon, but new research suggests our existing biological structure already exhibits a valuable electrical property. Scientists have found that arteries react ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2012
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RMIT University researchers have mimicked the way the human brain processes information with the development of an electronic long-term memory cell.
Nanophysics
May 12, 2015
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Heat pumps use environmental energy to provide us with heat. However, they generally require synthetic refrigerants, which contain environmentally harmful fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Fraunhofer researchers have ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 4, 2018
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Lianas whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage serve as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Empa researchers have borrowed this trick from nature and ...
Engineering
Sep 23, 2011
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With the Droid Bionic, Verizon is finally delivering on a promise it made more than eight months ago.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2011
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A novel approach to restoring sight using a ‘bionic eye' is being investigated at Swinburne University of Technology.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mimicking the human nervous system for bionic applications could become a reality with the help of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to process carbon nanotubes.
Nanomaterials
Apr 22, 2010
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