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Latest in prosthetics

There's different approaches to augmenting the human bodies with extra robot parts, and it may not even need to involve tricky brain implants.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say They’re Near Augmenting Human Bodies With Extra Limbs

By Frank Landymore

Many advances in robotic prosthetics focus on rehabilitation. But what about controlling a supplementary limb? Enter the world of movement augmentation.
Brain

Scientists Working on Third Arm You Control Using Your Brain

By Frank Landymore

A new robotic exoskeleton allows people with amputated legs to walk naturally by giving them a small boost as they take steps forward.
Health & Medicine

Watch a Robot Exoskeleton Help People Without Legs Walk Upright

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to electrodes implanted in his brain, a man was able to feed himself with two robotic arms, controlling them with nothing more than his thoughts.
RX and Medicine

Watch a Quadriplegic Man Feed Himself With Two Bionic Arms

By Dan Robitzski

This German a way to hack his prosthetic arm so that it could control electronic musical instruments.
Prosthetics and Devices

This Guy Hacked His Prosthetic Arm to Control Musical Instruments

By Jon Christian

Doctors Wired a Prosthetic Hand Directly Into a Woman’s Nerves
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Wired a Prosthetic Hand Directly Into a Woman’s Nerves

By Jon Christian

Nerve cells could be rerouted to help prevent phantom limb pain
Future Society

Rerouting Nerves During Amputation May Reduce Phantom Limb Pain

By Jacob Banas

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.
Brain

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

Have Poor Vision? Let These Super Clunky Glasses Focus Your Eyes For You
Health & Medicine

Have Poor Vision? Let These Super Clunky Glasses Focus Your Eyes For You

By Dan Robitzski

electronic skin e-skin prosthetics robotics
Prosthetics and Devices

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

By Dom Galeon

Florida Man Becomes First Person to Live With Advanced Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm
Robotics

Florida Man Becomes First Person to Live With Advanced Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm

By Chelsea Gohd

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

By Brad Jones

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

A Stanford Neuroscientist is Working to Create Wireless Cyborg Eyes for the Blind
Neuroscience and Brain

A Stanford Neuroscientist is Working to Create Wireless Cyborg Eyes for the Blind

By Alexandra Ossola