The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see

"For years, scientists have set their sights on creating bionic eye transplants to help the blind see. Yesterday they came a step closer after announcing they had made a camera that can reproduce human...

Bionic hand wins top tech prize

i-LIMB is the most advanced and commercially available prosthetic. Produced by Touch Bionics, it has won the top engineering prize in the UK. " The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered...

An 8-inch nurse could save you

" IT’S what every patient wants – a private nurse to care for them at home instead of in hospital. Now that dream could become reality, sort of, for thousands of people suffering with long-term illnesses. They...

Bionic eye 'blindness cure hope'

"A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease, experts believe.A team at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital have carried out the treatment on the UK's first patients as part of a clinical study into the therapy.The artificial...

No power for cellphone? Just walk a few blocks

A device simply amazing, one wonders why it wasn't thought of before.  The applications are numerous, only limited by ones imagination.  A Coup for SFU and most likely world wide attention for it's...

Bionic Commando

"Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed the return of one of its classic franchises with the announcement that Bionic Commando® is in development for...

Bionic Woman S01E03 (NBC)

For some reason, Jaime Sommers is drawn to Sarah Corvus. As the first bionic woman, Sarah knows a lot more about the bionics. The people at Berkut aren’t as willing to share that much information. In this episode, Jaime learns how to hack herself and turn off...

Bionic Woman 2.0: She Makes a Mean Martini

Nothing wrong with bartender superheroes. Hey, they're already psychatrists, right?"Just as Lindsay Wagner brightened the goofy original, the awesome Michelle Ryan injects some verve into today's Jaime Sommers....

Bionic Woman Pilot (NBC)

This pilot was leaked on the 25th of July. This series will premiere on the 26th of September, following Deal or no Deal on NBC. The series is a re-imagining of the original series called The Bionic Woman from 1976-78.

Thumbs-Up for Breakthrough Bionic Hand

Update: AP has a little story about a vet's usage of this incredibly sci-fi prosthetic:" Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been...

Trials for 'Bionic' Eye Implants

Very useful stuff, to say the least. Especially helpful if you're looking for Sarah Connor. The article goes on to say that the tests have not been perfect, but progress is being made. It will not be a cheap process, though, so it will be interesting to see how this procedure...

Bionic cat eyes may help restore sight in people

Gingersnap, a 4-year-old Abyssinian, rolled lazily on the examining table while Dr. Kristina Narfstrom rubbed the cat's cinnamon-colored head. Then, using a special viewer, Narfstrom peered deep into Gingersnap's eyes to measure the 4-year-old cat's losing battle with a...

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First bionic woman can feel it when people shake her prosthetic hand (AFP)

" CHICAGO (AFP) - It's the stuff of science fiction: a prosthetic arm that can be moved just by thinking about it and that can feel heat and the pressure of a handshake. It became a reality for US Marine Claudia Mitchell two years after she lost her arm to a motorcycle,...

Bionic arms turn science fiction to fact - The Age

" Email Print Normal font Large font High five: the world's first "bionic" man and woman, Jesse Sullivan and Claudia Mitchell, come to grips with their prostheses in a public display in Washington. Photo: AFP CLAUDIA Mitchell cried the first time she peeled a banana...

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