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Osseointegrated prosthetic arm controlled via direct nerve implants
Posted on April 8, 2013 | 1 CommentEarlier this year, the lab of Dr. Rickard Branemark at Sahlgrenska University Hospital was the first to permanently implant electrodes into the nerves and muscles of an amputee in order... -
Scientists demonstrate wireless neural interface
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 1 CommentXray image of (a) a pig and (b) a rhesus monkey showing wireless implant (credit: David A Borton et al./J. Neural Eng.) Scientists at Brown University have developed a fully... -
New ‘feeling’ bionic hand begins clinical trials
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 3 CommentsResearchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland announced the first clinical trials of an advanced new bionic hand. Unlike almost all forearm prosthetics in clinical use... -
Blind man reads braille patterns with his eyes, using implanted retinal prosthesis
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 2 CommentsRetinal prosthesis are devices that allow those who have become blind due to some conditions to have their vision partially restored. Though very useful for perceiving shape and movement, the... -
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... -
Improved thought-controlled computer cursor nearly as accurate as a real arm
Posted on November 18, 2012 | No CommentsA team of Stanford researchers have developed a new algorithm, known as ReFIT, that vastly improves the speed and accuracy of thought-controlled neural prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver... -
Better Brain Implants With Ultrathin Carbon Fiber Electrodes
Posted on November 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn hopes of revolutionizing implant technology, researchers have developed a new neural interface that has great potentials to improve the efficiency of future brain-computer interfaces. According to a today’s post on... -
4th International Conference on Neuroprosthetic Devices
Posted on September 30, 2012 | 1 CommentWe have been contacted by the organizers of the 4th International Conference on Neuroprosthetic Devices (ICNPD) and of course we are more than happy to share all the available info about... -
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,... -
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... -
Five years of funding ($18.5 Million) to Brain-Machine Connection Research
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsAn $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a new Engineering Research Centre for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering on the University of Washington campus — a place where researchers will figure... -
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... -
Brain Controlled Bionic Arm with Pneumatic Pumps
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsTwo biomedical engineering students have developed a prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals. The relatively inexpensive prosthetic limb is called Artificial Muscle-Operated (AMO) Arm and it allows amputees... -
Bionic Arm Demonstrated by Retired US Military Sergeant
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 1 CommentA thought-controlled bionic prosthetic arm went on display at a major US science conference. More than 50 amputees worldwide, many of them military veterans whose limbs were lost in combat, have received... -
Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm First to Pass Speedy Approval Process
Posted on February 9, 2011 | No CommentsToday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices and announced the first submission: a brain-controlled, upper-extremity prosthetic... -
Amazing Video of Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm
Posted on February 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe man in this video, Jesse Sullivan is using one of the most high-tech prosthetic arms available which he’s controlling with his thoughts. After an amputation, the nerves in a stump...
