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Touch Bionics has i-LIMB bionic arm to go with your bionic hand

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2008-01-06 03:52:00 by posted by Pantha in
...Bionics are at it again. After delivering their i-LIMB bionic hand last year, they're moving on up the, uh ... body and are announcing their sophomore effort: the i-LIMB bionic arm. Like their bionic hand, the arm is controlled via learned muscle movements picked up by electrodes placed on the user's chest and is covered in a "realistic...
 
Tags: arm, i-limb bionic arm, bionic hand, i-limb bionic hand, touch bionics, realistic cosmetic skin, sophomore effort, mad scientists, ethical
 
 
 
 
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Touch Bionics has i-LIMB bionic arm to go with your bionic hand

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2008-01-06 03:52:00 by Christopher Grant in Robotic-Lab.COM
...Bionics are at it again. After delivering their i-LIMB bionic hand last year, they're moving on up the, uh ... body and are announcing their sophomore effort: the i-LIMB bionic arm. Like their bionic hand, the arm is controlled via learned muscle movements picked up by electrodes placed on the user's chest and is covered in a "realistic...
 
Tags: arm, i-limb bionic arm, bionic hand, i-limb bionic hand, touch bionics, realistic cosmetic skin, sophomore effort, mad scientists, ethical
 
 
 
 
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Touch Bionics has i-LIMB bionic arm to go with your bionic hand

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2008-01-05 22:52:00 by Christopher Grant in Engadget
...Bionics are at it again. After delivering their i-LIMB bionic hand last year, they're moving on up the, uh ... body and are announcing their sophomore effort: the i-LIMB bionic arm. Like their bionic hand, the arm is controlled via learned muscle movements picked up by electrodes placed on the user's chest and is covered in a "realistic...
 
Tags: arm, i-limb bionic arm, bionic hand, i-limb bionic hand, touch bionics, realistic cosmetic skin, sophomore effort, mad scientists, ethical
 
 
 
 
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Bald Eagle To Receive Bionic Beak

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2008-05-05 14:00:50 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...bionic beak for the bird. Mechanical engineers, dentists, veterinarians, and other experts all volunteered their time to help the bird, and the beak is about to be attached. Molds were made of the existing beak parts and scanned into a computer, so the bionic beak could be created as accurately as possible. The nylon-composite beak is light...
 
Tags: beak, bionic beak, bionic, upper beak, eagle, nylon-composite beak, sans bionic, alaskan bald eagle, bird
 
 
 
 
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Prosthetic Limb Research Could Lead To Bionic Athletes, Gadgets Controlled by the Brain

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2008-07-29 19:07:04 by Jose Fermoso in Gadget Lab
...bionic' and fully able, and lead to a new era of mind-controlled gadgets Don't believe us? In fact, it's already happening O scar Pistorius , a double amputee, uses carbon fiber-composite legs and doesn't define himself as disabled -- hes already considered one of the fastest men in the world. The International Association of Athletics...
 
Tags: bionic, bionic athletes, athletes, era, bionic era, arm, utah arm, upper legs, chips carry signals
 
 
 
 
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Bionic Lens In The Works

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2008-09-12 09:40:59 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...bionic lens that will help people restore their vision to near perfect in five years or less, regardless of whether they are short- or long-sighted. This bionic lens will be a step up from laser surgery that is extremely popular these days, although long-sighted problems could still develop in the future as the biological lens ages. These new...
 
Tags: bionic lens, biological lens ages, people restore, permanent solution, laser surgery, visit ubergizmo, extremely popular, vision, worth
 
 
 
 
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I-Limb Bionic Hand Gets Upgradable Bionic Arm

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2008-01-07 16:11:09 by Josh in Medgadget
...bionic arm, hand combo) from Touch Bionics is so superior to biological limbs that it may have to "scale down its power." We've been waiting our whole lives to hear those sweet words. "The i-Limb system is better than a human arm. It is faster and can lift heavier weights than a human arm. It also looks good, has smooth movement, and operates...
 
Tags: human arm, touch bionics, i-limb system, bionic hand, bionic arm, lift heavier weights, nhs lothian, patient, power
 
 
 
 
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It's About Time: Self-Assembling Bionic Eyes

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2008-01-22 12:43:48 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...bionic vision. I've been waiting for this technology forever, and apparently it's right around the corner, waiting to pounce on me like a mugger. We have a group of electrical engineers from the University of Washington to thank for this awesome step into the future. The idea was to provide a means of streaming information in your field of...
 
Tags: vision, bionic vision, bionic eyes, lenses, contact lenses, engineers, electrical engineers, circuits, special technology
 
 
 
 
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Bionic Eye To Help Blind See?

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2008-01-24 20:51:25 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...bionic eye that could one day restore sight to the blind. Not only that, this team has also filed for a patent, where a video camera will be implanted directly into the eye as a prosthesis to assist with vision problems. This camera that has been implanted at within the lens of the eye, taking into account the effect of the cornea has on...
 
Tags: bionic eye, eye, bionic, bionic improvements, video camera, camera, day restore sight, southern california, subsequently passes
 
 
 
 
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Bionic Eye To Help Blind See?