I first met Robert Woo in 2011, during his third time walking in a powered exoskeleton. The architect had been paralyzed in a ...

It’s been 20 years since Dr. Ed Damiano, who is a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, used his lab to invent the iLet Bionic Pancreas, which is an automated, wearable, and pocket ...

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Bionic hand 3D printing timelapse on Bambu Lab A1 mini demonstrating advanced mechanical movement and engineering #3DPrint ...

Bionic mobility devices, from powered exoskeletons to brain-computer interfaces, are showing promise but still face major usability challenges outside controlled settings. Italy has introduced new ...

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is heading up a study that may restore the sense of touch to the "thumbs and fingertips" of people whose arms have been amputated. The Streeterville rehabilitation hospital has ...

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...

In hopes of harnessing the energy from a bionic leaf of sorts, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are developing technology that mimics photosynthesis to create and store solar ...

Hugh Herr, professor of media arts and sciences at the MIT Media Lab, says that his experience losing both of his lower legs at age 17 drove him to expand the capability of prosthetic limbs to respond ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The iLet bionic pancreas system conferred an average glucose of less than 183 mg/dL in 97% of adults with type 1 ...