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• Bionic suit: the Iron Man cometh

  The idea of possessing superhuman strength is a Hollywood staple. It is also a dream that audiences can’t seem to get enough of – witness the £300m-worth of tickets sold worldwide for Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr, over the summer. Read More...
  Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:07 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Prosthetic limbs, Bionics

• A Picowatt Processor: A low-power chip could be used for implantable medical sensors.

  Before long, sensors may be implanted in our bodies to do things like measure blood-glucose levels in diabetics or retinal pressure in glaucoma patients. But to be practical, they'll have to both be very small--as tiny as a grain of sand--and use Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:59 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionics, Biotech, Computer processors

• Do we have the technology to build a bionic human?

  More and more of the body is becoming, if not obsolete, then certainly replaceable. But which of our body parts can be engineered today, and which will we have to make do with? Building bones Implants that copy the simple structural job of skeletal tissue Read More...
  Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 3:27 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial bone, Artificial limbs, Artificial organs, Bionics

• Body shop

  Bionic hands, arms, legs and feet currently under development will restore mobility and independence to people with lost limbs.... Read more
  Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 11:47 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial limbs, Assistive technologies, Bionics

• Bionic foot for hit and run victim

  Scott Wall is one of the first people in Britain to be fitted with a bionic foot after he had part of his left leg amputated. The Proprio Foot, designed by Icelandic company Ossur, is the first to use sensors to detect surfaces and slopes, which a... Read more
  Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:56 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial feet, Artificial limbs, Bionics

• What if Bionics Were Better?

  A tiny population of early adopters eager to test bionics by choice rather than out of need is emerging. ... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:59 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionics

• Building a Better Limb

  A prosthetic arm now in development by Johns Hopkins University and DEKA Research & Development will be as flexible and attractive as a real arm. It will sense the weight and texture of objects, give the wearer a "feel" for what the arm is doing,... Read more
  Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:52 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Prosthetic limbs, Bionics