Big Brother is watching - and so is Little Brother."Toronto filmmaker Rob Spence says he is getting a tiny video camera put inside a prosthetic eye to allow him to secretly film his subjects. Spence says his...
" This tiny puppy may have been born without front legs but there’s no way that is holding her back. Hope, the appropriately named two-legged Maltese puppy gets around by using a specially-designed device which...
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Here's the stuff of a pretty good metaphor. I'll leave it to others to work out the details. But go, Allison, go! "SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - Allison is forever going in circles....
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BBC News reports:
"An artificial big toe [known as the "Cairo toe"] found on the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's earliest functional fake body part, UK experts believe ... Lead researcher...
created by Morbus Iff | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 442 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
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 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 457 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment
"Patients use nerves left intact after amputations to control prosthetic limbs.
A new technique that capitalizes on remaining nerves allows amputees to intuitively control their prosthetic limb, providing them with a much better level of control than traditional...
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"The news from Indian River Lagoon was too familiar: another dolphin gravely injured because of human action.
But marine scientist Steve McCulloch immediately saw this rescue was unique. The baby bottlenose dolphin lost her tail, but perhaps her life could be...
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" 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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