Experts from the University of Michigan (UM) have recently announced the development of a new type of brain implant that could have the ability to boost people's capacity of interacting with their prosthetic devices, leading to an increased quality of life. Robotic appendages could thus become a lot more control... |
15 October 2009
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Robots are ubiquitous today, and some of the most famous ones are already shaped like humans. Of the latter type, a small fraction has human-like hands and “fingers,” which the machines can use to grab a hold of objects, or hull themselves up when they fall to the floor. However, there is currently no des... |
28 September 2009
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For over twenty years, scientists and patients in Germany have been pooling resources together to secure government fundings for advanced research into the field of artificial retina prosthetics. And advancements have been made at an ever-increasing rate. While other countries poured money in technology for space exp... |
18 September 2009
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Devices such as cochlear implants and auditive prosthetics improve the auditory performance of the near-deaf or the hard-of-hearing, but experts have known for a long time that they only work correctly in quiet environments such as a small room, a not that much so as soon as the level of background noise starts to in... |
6 August 2009
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Over recent years, considerable advancements in the field of robotics have brought forth a new wave of development in what some experts call “Humans 2.0.” Paraphrasing the type of Web content that is now a part of mainstream culture, they believe that, in a few years to a couple of decades, we could have ... |
3 August 2009
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No one needs to tell you that the human brain is an amazing machinery, but experts were recently puzzled when they learned that the cortex of amputees created a neural map of the prosthetic limb attached in the place of the lost one. Essentially, this means that the human brain seeks to make the best possible with wh... |
21 July 2009
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For amputees and paralysis victims, harnessing the power of brain impulses to control bionic limbs is about the only chance of getting at least some functions back in, or instead of, their paralyzed arms and legs. Until now, this was only possible by installing hair-thin electrodes in the brain, and by “in&rdqu... |
29 June 2009
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One of the main dangers plaguing all sorts of medical tools, devices and human implants at this point comes from a bacterium known as Staphylococcus epidermidis. Opportunistic by nature, the organism regularly lives on our skins, and is as harmless as it comes. However, when it hitches rides inside us via needles... |
27 June 2009
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At this point, replacing joints or hips in humans and their canine friends is a fairly complex procedure, and not because of the risks associated with the procedure itself, but on account of the fact that repeating this surgery can leave patients with life-long disabilities. And numerous procedures are necessary, bec... |
24 June 2009
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One of Canadian documentary filmmaker Rob Spence's eyes was severely damaged in a shooting accident when he was but a young boy, and, unfortunately, doctors had to completely remove the organ just three years ago. But the tragedy didn't set Spence back. He now plans to turn his handicap into an advantage, b... |
12 March 2009
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With the passing of the years, more and more advanced prosthetic devices have hit the market, each carrying its own innovation, and each representing a different answer to the issue of getting people to walk or to move their arms again. Because most of the research in the field has been done for external devices, int... |
17 February 2009
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The Japanese manufacturer of the full-body robotics system says that HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is a platform designed to boost the strength of the wearer between 2 and 10 times, via the use of incorporated sensors that can detect the electrical impulses the brain sends to the limbs in order to make them move. These... |
7 January 2009
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Researchers place the final development stage of the artificial lens that would be able to restore a perfect vision both to short- and long-sighted people 5 years from now. With age, human sight becomes less accurate, mainly due to the fact that the lens of the human eye becomes harder and less flexible. Since ... |
12 September 2008
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