Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and School of Medicine (SOM) have, for the first time, demonstrated simultaneous control of two of the world’... Read more
Using a tiny array of electrodes implanted in the brain’s somatosensory cortex, Caltech scientists have induced sensations of touch and movement in the arm of a paralyzed man For the f... Read more
Hand that sees offers new hope to amputees. Led by biomedical engineers at Newcastle University and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the bionic hand... Read more
How is 3D printing changing the future of prosthetic and animatronic limbs? 17-year old inventor Easton LaChappelle from Colorado, built a prosthetic arm by generating most of the parts thro... Read more
Nigel Ackland could be mistaken for a cyborg. He has a high-tech robotic hand that looks like it started life as a Formula 1 car and its movements are alarmingly lifelike. It’s called the “b... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Losing a limb can be a devastating experience, and while electrically powered prostheses can serve as a replacement for a lost arm, they are notoriously difficult to oper... Read more
Using a process described as “a lint roller in reverse,” engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, have created a pressure-sensitive electronic artificial skin from semiconducto... Read more
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 littl... Read more