Cat that received rare prosthetic legs making strides in recovery
Vincent can't jump just yet, but it's probably only a matter of time.
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2015
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News tagged with prosthetic
Engineers give a girl a hand
Sophie is eight years old. Her favorite animal is the cheetah. Her career aspirations, in no particular order, include: singer, preschool teacher, mother, President of the United States, veterinarian, environmentalist, and ...
Engineering
Nov 16, 2015
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Students' designs give prosthetics a new look
A project by Kansas State University interior architecture & product design students is giving individuals with prosthetic limbs a chance to add some personality to their prosthetic and show the students that their discipline ...
Engineering
Jun 26, 2015
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3D printers get Ugandan amputees back on their feet
Doctors amputated Ugandan schoolboy Jesse Ayebazibwe's right leg when he was hit by a truck while walking home from school three years ago.
Engineering
Jun 2, 2015
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Synthetic muscle ready for launch to Space Station
Lenore Rasmussen's dream of developing a synthetic muscle that could be used to make better prosthetic limbs and more responsive robots will literally become airborne on April 13 at 4:33 p.m. when her experiment will rocket ...
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2015
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New 'electronic skin' for prosthetics, robotics detects pressure from different directions
Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. For the first time, scientists report the development of a stretchable "electronic ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 10, 2014
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Researchers study impact of power prosthetic failures on amputees
Powered lower limb prosthetics hold promise for improving the mobility of amputees, but errors in the technology may also cause some users to stumble or fall. New research examines exactly what happens when these technologies ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2014
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On the frontiers of cyborg science
No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking this human-machine concept to an ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 10, 2014
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DARPA-funded DEKA arm system earns FDA approval
DARPA launched the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program with a radical goal: gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an advanced electromechanical prosthetic upper limb with near-natural control that enhances ...
Engineering
May 12, 2014
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Student researchers developing realistic prosthetic finger
We use our hands so often during the day, it's easy to take for granted just how complex our fingers are. Graduate students in the University of Hartford's prosthetics and orthotics program understand these complicated mechanics. ...
Engineering
Mar 13, 2014
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