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Tag Archives: Prosthesis
Synthetic Legs, Real Athlete – Oscar Pistorius ‘The Blade Runner’ Qualifies For the Olympics
One of the fastest runners in South Africa is finally going to the Olympics. Oscar Pistorius is the twenty four [...]
Posted in Cyborg, Video Central
Tagged Blade Runner, Fastest Man on No Legs, olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Prosthesis, synthetic limbs
2 Comments
How Much is the Newest Advanced Artificial Hand? $11,000 USD (video)
RSLSteeper, creator of the Bebionic artificial hand, has just announced that the hand will be offered at a price of [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged amputee, artificial hand, BeBionic, myo-electric, myoelectric, prostheses, Prosthesis, prosthetic, prosthetic limbs, RSLSteeper, Touch Bionics
20 Comments
Arms for Amputees: Must See Video of Dean Kamen’s Touching Speech
Thousands lose their arms every year to accidents, disease, and war. For centuries the best technology they were offered was [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged artificial arm, Dean Kamen, Deka, luke arm, Prosthesis, prosthetics, TEDMED, veterans
4 Comments
BeBionic Artificial Hand and Wrist – Now With Kung-Fu Grip! (video)
Judging by the latest promo videos, the BeBionic hand is out to kick more butt than…well, an artificial foot. Full [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged artificial limb, BeBionic, prostheses, Prosthesis, prosthestic, RSL Steeper
1 Comment
iWalk Presents World’s First Actively Powered Foot and Ankle
Someday soon, amputees will have more powerful limbs than those with their natural bodies. iWalk, a prosthetics company formed in [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged biomechatronics, hugh herr, iwalk, lower limb, MIT, Ossur, powerfoot one, prostheses, Prosthesis, prosthetics
4 Comments
Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing (Video)
In the world of prosthetics, there’s really no such thing as “one size fits all.” Back when we discussed the [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged i-limb, Living Skin, Pro-Digits, Prosthesis, prosthetic hand, Touch Bionics
4 Comments
Deka’s Luke Arm In Clinical Trials, Is it the Future of Prosthetics? (Video)
The future of prosthetics isn’t certain, and we’ve seen so many different next generation devices, it’s hard to know which [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged APL, darpa, Dean Kamen, Deka, i-limb, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Jonathan Kuniholm, luke arm, myoelectric, Open Prosthetics, Prosthesis, Smart Hand
6 Comments
Prosthetic Smart Hand Lets Amputee Feel and Move Objects
When Luke Skywalker has his hand cut off in The Empire Strikes Back, he simply has it replaced with a [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged Lund University, prostheses, Prosthesis, Robin af Ekenstam, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Smart Hand
7 Comments
