Bionic Engineering
Photovoltaic retinal implant could restore functional sight
A team led by Stanford University researchers has developed a wireless retinal implant that they say could restore vision five...
Brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand
A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle...
Artificial Hand: Sensitive Touch
Artificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart metal wires Engineers at Saarland University have taken...
Cyborg beetle research allows free-flight study of insects
Hard-wiring beetles for radio-controlled flight turns out to be a fitting way to learn more about their biology. Cyborg insect...
Human brain inspires wearable micro-sensors
Wei Tang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at New Mexico State University, is taking a cue from nature...
Prosthetic Hand Controlled by Patient’s Mind
Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called “bionic reconstruction”, enabling them...
New device allows deaf people to ‘hear with their tongue’
Cochlear implants are expensive, invasive and are occasionally unsuitable for elderly patients - so scientists are working on a device...
Amputee puts limb system through its paces
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the...
Thumbs-up for mind-controlled robotic arm
A paralysed woman who controlled a robotic arm using just her thoughts has taken another step towards restoring her natural...
Stanford team combines logic, memory to build a ‘high-rise’ chip
Today circuit cards are laid out like single-story towns; Futuristic architecture builds layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips...
World-first ‘bionic bra’ inches closer to reality
The bra, made using intelligent components, will be discussed at the 9th Australasian Biomechanics Conference (ABC9) at UOW from Sunday...
‘Electronic Skin’ Accurately Detects Pressure
Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so...
Robot Control Theory Improves Prosthetic Legs
A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the...
Prosthetic Hand: Amputees ‘Feel’ Sensations
Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his...