The Bionic Baron who staged a comeback after quadruple amputation in one of Westminster’s moments of the year
Sitting in his office in the House of Lords, the now Baron Mackinlay of Richborough explains that he wasn’t feeling great ...
Now, artificial limbs that can read your mind and move
Researchers and companies are developing advanced prosthetics that use AI and machine learning to move like real limbs. These ...
The Taipei Times6d
Soldier with bionic arm returns to duty, and life
An army soldier fitted with a bionic left arm has returned to duty after last year losing a limb in an ammunition depot ...
Researchers are building a 'bionic breast' to restore sense of touch for mastectomy patients
At 36, Heather Tubigan of west suburban Chicago discovered an avocado seed-sized lump in her left breast. It was a malignant ...
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Helping hands (and feet)
Ottobock made a big donation to the academic’s lab and signed a contract to start developing the Utah Bionic Leg for mass production. The company had cause to move fast: a transformation is under way ...
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SungSim Park ’95, MEng ’00, and Matthew Moskewicz
Disability can happen to anyone—and is bound to happen to many of us as we age,” says SungSim Park, who developed a rare case ...
The New Yorker6d
As if Times Weren’t Unsettling Enough, Saturn Is Losing Its Rings
The rain it raineth every day, as Shakespeare noted, apparently even on Saturn. The cosmos, it seems, is no comfort at this ...
I thought I had a harmless winter cold – then I woke up from a coma about to lose my legs and couldn’t speak for 8 weeks
WHEN Beth Bugden fell ill over Christmas, she assumed it was just a harmless winter cold. But she was soon left vomiting blue ...