ABOUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: The brain is "hardwired" with connections that are made by billions of neurons that make electricity whenever they are stimulated. The electrical patterns are called brain waves. Neurons act like the wires and gates in a computer, gathering and...
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i-LIMB is the most advanced and commercially available prosthetic. Produced by Touch Bionics, it has won the top engineering prize in the UK.
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The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered...
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" 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...
created by sweet east pearl | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 198 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
created by AlanEvans | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 353 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1005 views | 10 recommendations | 6 comments
"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...
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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...
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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....
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 670 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
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.
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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...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 532 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
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...
" 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,...
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" 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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