Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Touch Bionics, developer of upper-limb bionic technologies, has announced the launch of the i-LIMB Pulse, a new version of the i-LIMB Hand, which the company descibes as the world’s first commercially available bionic hand. The i-LIMB Pulse offers a variety of enhancements, including pulsing grip strength, software-enabled grip patterns and ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9578" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Muscle cells that grow on a biological scaffold can connect to severed nerves remaining from a lost limb. Image courtesty of Paul Cederna"][/caption]
From the Wire: Tiny implants that connect to nerve cells could improve control prosthetic limbs, according to an article recently published by Technology ...
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Thanks to a recent 60 Minutes broadcast, prosthetic technology has been getting a good amount of attention recently. One of the more exciting developments in prosthetics is the so-called DEKA arm (pictured on the right), which is funded by a $100 million Pentagon program called "Revolutionizing Prosthetics." Named “Luke” after ...
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