Hand transplants to be offered on NHS
An NHS trust in Leeds will be the first hospital in England to offer hand transplants. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will begin assessing patients and performing the operation from April 2016....
View ArticleThis $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk
Paralyzed from the waist down after a BMX accident, Steven Sanchez rolled into SuitX’s Berkeley, California, office in a wheelchair. A half-hour later he was standing and walking thanks to the...
View ArticleCockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks (w/ Video)
Our fear and disgust that cockroaches can quickly squeeze through the tiniest cracks are well justified, say University of California, Berkeley scientists. Not only can they squish themselves to get...
View ArticleUse of human-derived structures could allow for better research and reduce...
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say they have developed tiny "mini-brains" made up of many of the neurons and cells of the human brain -- and even some of its...
View ArticleSpace architecture: Six buildings for the final frontier
Mars has captured the world's attention recently, but space agencies around the globe haven't forgotten that there's a whole slew of other planets out there. And with continued planetary exploration,...
View ArticleIntelligent robots threaten millions of jobs
Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years, experts warned Saturday. "We...
View ArticleMind-controlled prosthetic arm moves individual ‘fingers’
Physicians and biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins report what they believe is the first successful effort to wiggle fingers individually and independently of each other using a mind-controlled...
View ArticleScientists prove feasibility of 'printing' replacement tissue
Using a sophisticated, custom-designed 3D printer, regenerative medicine scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have proved that it is feasible to print living tissue structures to replace...
View ArticleRunning helps mice slow cancer growth
Here's one more benefit of exercise: mice who spent their free time on a running wheel were better able to shrink tumors (a 50% reduction in tumor size) compared to their less active counterparts....
View ArticleEnabling human-robot rescue teams
Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: "I've passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 2 feet I've encountered a wall. I'm turning...
View ArticleLeap Motion opens door to reach into virtual worlds
California virtual reality startup Leap Motion on Wednesday opened a door for makers of games or other applications to literally touch virtual worlds. The San Francisco firm is using its expertise in...
View ArticleNeuroscientists reverse autism symptoms
Autism has diverse genetic causes, most of which are still unknown. About 1 percent of people with autism are missing a gene called Shank3, which is critical for brain development. Without this gene,...
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Futuristic bionic arm lets users control individual fingers using just their...
For the first time, a man has operated the individual fingers on a robotic arm using his mind without the need for any extensive training. The prosthetic was created by engineers and was tested on a...
View ArticleAugmented reality looks to future where screens vanish
Microsoft inventor Alex Kipman was joined by holograms at a renowned TED gathering as he gave a glimpse into a future where computer screens are relics. Kipman slipped on HoloLens augmented-reality...
View ArticleNew Robotic Hand Made to Replicate The Real Deal
Though most modern prosthetic hands try to look like the real things, their underlying mechanics are typically based in the world of man made machines rather than evolutionary biology. Two researchers...
View ArticleSelf-directed robot can identify objects
"That is a ball." "I do believe that is a cone." "Seems like a wonderful book." The voice is mechanical and flat, and anyone offering such banal commentary and sounding so bored would surely bomb in a...
View ArticleWearable robot transforms musicians into three-armed drummers (w/ Video)
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play with three arms. The two-foot long "smart arm" can be attached to a musician's shoulder. It...
View ArticleEnabling human-robot rescue teams
Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: "I've passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 2 feet I've encountered a wall. I'm turning...
View ArticleCardiologists use 3-D printing to personalise treatment for heart disease
University of Melbourne doctors and engineers are using supercomputers to create 3D models from patients with heart disease, with photos from a camera thinner than a human hair. The images, gathered...
View ArticleAutomatic programming makes swarm robots safer and more reliable
Researchers from Sheffield Robotics have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously. This...
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