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Brain-controlled robotic arm lets quadriplegic woman feed herself chocolate (video)
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsA woman paralyzed from the neck down has been able to feed herself chocolate and move everyday items using a brain-controlled robotic arm. Aided by tiny electronic implants in her brain she... -
Truly brain-controlled prosthetic arm uses electrodes attached to nerves and muscles
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsA new technology developed by Swedish researchers could help amputees to control an artificial limb in a very similar way as their own biological hand or arm. The robotic prosthesis... -
Cockroach leg controlled by human brain via Emotiv EPOC (video)
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsDespite being quite undesirable creatures, some people just love to do research on cockroach legs. Inventor Bryan Salt loves them much that he is trying to control the insect’s limb with his own... -
Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Project Receives ‘Breakthrough Award’ (video)
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsYou might still remember that touching moment from a year ago, when Tim Hemmes, a quadriplegic man moved a mind-controlled robot arm just with his thoughts and was able to go... -
Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton Legs Hold Promise for Paraplegics (VIDEO)
Posted on September 5, 2012 | No CommentsSpinal cord injury victims may be able to look forward to life beyond a wheelchair via a robotic leg prosthesis controlled by brain waves. -
Barack Obama Felicitates Student Project Using Emotiv EPOC and OpenVibe
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 1 CommentU.S President Barack Obama was chatting about bionic limbs in the Blue Room last week during the second annual White House Science Fair to celebrate student winners of science, technology,... -
Video: First British Soldier to Get a Bionic Arm
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsCpl Andrew Garthwaite, a British soldier injured in battle, has been fitted with a new bionic arm, as a result of a difficult surgery lasting six hours in an Austrian hospital. Soon... -
TED Video: Todd Kuiken About Bionic Prosthetics That Feel
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsSurgeon and engineer Todd Kuiken is building the most advanced prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system to improve motion, control and even to provide feeling. During Kuiken’s... -
Touching Moment: Palm to Palm Again by Using Bionic Arm
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsTrue, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did the touching, painstakingly, palm to palm. But Tim Hemmes made that arm move just by thinking about it. For the first... -
UK Teen Chloe Holmes is the Youngest European with Bionic Hand
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsChloe Holmes is the youngest person in Europe to be fitted with bionic fingers. The 15-year-old schoolgirl lost her fingers to septicaemia as a toddler and has never been able... -
Patrick, the First Patient to Change His Real Hand to a Bionic Replacement
Posted on May 21, 2011 | No CommentsIn 2010 a 24-year-old Austrian named Patrick was the first patient in the world to choose to have his hand amputated, again by Professor Aszmann, and a bionic replacement fitted. He... -
Man Agreed to Amputate His Paralytic Hand and Get a Bionic One
Posted on May 20, 2011 | 1 CommentAn Austrian man has voluntarily had his hand amputated so he can be fitted with a bionic limb. The patient, called “Milo”, aged 26, lost the use of his right hand...
