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A team from UC Berkeley has discovered that CasX could be a better CRISPR protein for human gene-editing than the commonly researched Cas9.

Prosthetics and Devices

Tiny New CRISPR Protein Could Make Human Gene-Hacking Less Risky

By Kristin Houser

Transfusion of blood from young donors are one of the latest anti-aging treatments on the market, but they might actually hurt people rather than help them.

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Expert: Anti-Aging Blood Transfusions May Do More Harm Than Good

By Kristin Houser

A do-it-yourself biohacker named Bryan Bishop says that he's working on technology to gene-hack designer babies. He says he has a customer lined up.

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Rogue Bitcoin-Funded Biohacker Wants to Gene-Hack Designer Babies

By Jon Christian

A U.S. biologist is gene-editing human embryos, but unlike Chinese research He Jiankui, this scientist isn't trying to create any designer babies.

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Another Scientist Is Gene-Editing Human Embryos — but More Ethically

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, who drew criticism when it emerged that he gene-edited babies, told an adviser about the work many months before it became public.

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Nobel Prize Winner Knew About Gene-Edited Babies, Kept Quiet

By Jon Christian

For the first time, researchers have used a controversial "three-parent baby" therapy in a clinical trial to help an infertile couple conceive.

Prosthetics and Devices

An Infertile Couple Is Now Pregnant With a “Three-Parent Baby”

By Kristin Houser

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

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Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

By Kristin Houser

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.

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Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.

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Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Reportedly Lost Track of Gene-Edited Patients

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, the researcher behind the controversial gene-editing of a pair of twin babies in China, is currently nowhere to be found.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Missing

By Kristin Houser

A new robotic limb picks up on the signals that an amputee's brain sends to their perceived phantom limbs. Without any practice, the new arm responds.

Prosthetics and Devices

A New Prosthetic Arm Takes the Place of a Phantom Limb

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft just won a $480 million contract with the U.S. government. It's planning on providing the Army with 100,000 HoloLens AR goggles.

Prosthetics and Devices

U.S. Soldiers to Wear Microsoft AR Goggles During Combat Missions

By Victor Tangermann

A new gene-editing clinical trial, still shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by questions, allegedly resulted in living people with boosted HIV resistance.

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Gene-Edited Human Babies For the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

Arm-A-Dine is a robot arm that picks up food and feeds it to whichever human looks happiest. If you want dinner, you'll have to smile for the camera.

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A Wearable Robot Arm Makes You Work for Thanksgiving Leftovers

By Dan Robitzski

Australian scientists created a new kind of video game where you swallow a high-tech pill and win by changing your gut chemistry.

Prosthetics and Devices

An Edible Controller Moves Gaming From the Screen to Your Gut

By Dan Robitzski

Companies in the UK are implanting microchips in their employees that can be used to access company buildings and store information.

Prosthetics and Devices

British Companies Are Implanting Microchips in Their Employees

By Jon Christian

A new kind of prosthetic limb gives people the control of the most sophisticated prostheses out there, but is also easily-interchangeable.

Prosthetics and Devices

New Prosthetic Limbs are More Interchangeable Than Ever

By Dan Robitzski

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Prosthetics and Devices

For a Thousand Bucks, You Can Get the First Non-Dorky Smart Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

Panasonic’s Horse-Style Blinders for Humans Are Like a Dystopian Cubicle For Your Face

Prosthetics and Devices

Panasonic’s Horse-Style Blinders for Humans Are Like a Dystopian Cubicle For Your Face

By Victor Tangermann

Medical science has yet to invent anti-aging tech more effective than exercise and a healthy diet. But that's never stopped the super-rich from dreaming.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Quest for Immortality Could Create Two “Classes of Humans”

By Jon Christian

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.

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A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

By Dan Robitzski

A fertility clinic in California gives would-be parents the option of scanning embryos for eye color, putting us one step closer to "designer babies."

Prosthetics and Devices

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

By Kristin Houser

A high-tech suit vibrates to let users feel music — a new way for everyone to experience sound, according to its creators, but especially for deaf people.

Prosthetics and Devices

Make Music A Full Body Experience With A “Vibro-Tactile” Suit

By Jon Christian

Researchers have created a synthetic skin that could give people with prosthetics the ability to sense touch with super-human sensitivity.

Prosthetics and Devices

“Synthetic Skin” Could Give Prosthesis Users a Superhuman Sense of Touch

By Kristin Houser

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

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Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Minnesota created a bionic eye prototype that marks an important step forward toward the creation of usable devices.

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This Experimental Bionic Eye Could Help The Blind See

By Kristin Houser

A Wisconsin vending machine company is developing a GPS implant for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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A Tech Company Wants to Implant GPS Trackers in Dementia Patients

By Kristin Houser

Assembly lines are increasingly automated, but for manufacturing at the OG of assembly lines, humans (with exoskeletons) are still behind the wheel.

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Exoskeletons are About to Walk Ford’s Factory Floors

Eight months after the fitness app Strava revealed the location of military bases in Syria, the Pentagon has banned GPS tracking on wearables.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Pentagon Tells Soldiers To Stop Sharing Their Locations With Apps

By Dan Robitzski

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.

Prosthetics and Devices

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.

By Kristin Houser

Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

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Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

By Kristin Houser

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

Prosthetics and Devices

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

By Kristin Houser

Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Chip in Hand Evades Fine

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Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Chip in Hand Evades Fine

By Kristin Houser

UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

Prosthetics and Devices

UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

By Kristin Houser

Smart Prosthetic Devices Create Natural Motion by Predicting Movement

Prosthetics and Devices

Smart Prosthetic Devices Create Natural Motion by Predicting Movement

By Kristin Houser

The Next Revolution of Sports Cheating: Rewriting Athletes’ Genetic Codes

Prosthetics and Devices

The Next Revolution of Sports Cheating: Rewriting Athletes’ Genetic Codes

By Kristin Houser

Trying to Quit Drinking? This Implant Will Snitch If You Fall off the Wagon

Prosthetics and Devices

Trying to Quit Drinking? This Implant Will Snitch If You Fall off the Wagon

By Kristin Houser

New “Iron Man” Special Forces Exoskeleton Stops Bullets With Liquid Armor

Prosthetics and Devices

New “Iron Man” Special Forces Exoskeleton Stops Bullets With Liquid Armor

“Prosthetic Memory Systems,” Delivered Via Electrode, Could Be Dope, If You’re Willing To Wait A While

Prosthetics and Devices

“Prosthetic Memory Systems,” Delivered Via Electrode, Could Be Dope, If You’re Willing To Wait A While

By Dan Robitzski

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

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A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

By Kristin Houser

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots

Prosthetics and Devices

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots

By Kristin Houser

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Prosthetics and Devices

Smart Glasses Can Convert Text Into Sound for the Visually Impaired

Surprise! It’s a Bad Idea to Hack Your Body, Says Prominent Biohacker

Prosthetics and Devices

Surprise! It’s a Bad Idea to Hack Your Body, Says Prominent Biohacker

By Alexandra Ossola

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Prosthetics and Devices

Electronic Skin That Heals Could be the Future of Prosthetics, Robotics

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Prosthetics and Devices

We Need to Prepare for a World Without Aging

By Kelsey R. Marquart

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Prosthetics and Devices

The FDA Just Approved a Robotic Exoskeleton That Augments Your Strength

By Chelsea Gohd

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Smart Contact Lenses Could Screen for Pre-Diabetes and Monitor Glucose Levels

By Chelsea Gohd

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have a Location-Tracking Implant from Black Mirror

Prosthetics and Devices

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have a Location-Tracking Implant from Black Mirror

By Kristin Houser

The Future is Here: Six Of Today’s Most Advanced, Real-Life Cyborgs

Prosthetics and Devices

The Future is Here: Six Of Today’s Most Advanced, Real-Life Cyborgs

By Victor Tangermann

‘Think To Speak’ Headset Is Breaking Down Communication Barriers

Prosthetics and Devices

‘Think To Speak’ Headset Is Breaking Down Communication Barriers

By Jolene Creighton

Scientists Unveil the First Portable Bionic Hand With a Sense of Touch

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Unveil the First Portable Bionic Hand With a Sense of Touch

By Lou Del Bello

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Prosthetics and Devices

Georgia Tech’s New Prosthetic Arm Enables Amputees to Control Each Individual Finger

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Living Forever Will Only Benefit Humanity If We’re Also Healthy Forever

New Thought-Controlled Prosthetics Restore the Sensation of Touch

Prosthetics and Devices

New Thought-Controlled Prosthetics Restore the Sensation of Touch

By Patrick Caughill

New Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Are Poised To Transform Humanity

Prosthetics and Devices

New Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Are Poised To Transform Humanity

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Prosthetics and Devices

Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton to Lessen Worker Fatigue

The U.S. Navy Is Developing Artificial Limbs That Are Intelligent

Prosthetics and Devices

The U.S. Navy Is Developing Artificial Limbs That Are Intelligent

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Prosthetics and Devices

New Eyeglass Accessory Translates Sound Into Light for the Hearing Impaired

There’s a $100 Million Plan to Make a Synthetic Spinal Cord to End Paralysis

Prosthetics and Devices

There’s a $100 Million Plan to Make a Synthetic Spinal Cord to End Paralysis

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Prosthetics and Devices

The Bionic Lens Could Push Eyesight Beyond 20/20 Vision

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Prosthetics and Devices

Viktoria Modesta Is a Bionic Woman, and She Is Taking the Music Industry by Storm

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Prosthetics and Devices

New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality

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Prosthetics and Devices

Amazon’s Alexa Helps This Exoskeleton Respond to Spoken Instructions