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Robotic Exoskeleton Demo

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Found an interesting demo of a robotic exoskeleton that’s currently under development. Seems like there’s a lot of this type of working going on these days, particularly for military applications, even though the exoskeleton has many other uses. This concept has been used often in science fiction, such as the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits […]

Contact Lens Displays

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

I’m a little late in posting this, but a few weeks ago there were a number of stories out about bionic contact lenses being developed at the University of Washington. These are something that have been common in science fiction for some time now, but it’s great to see this becoming reality. I will certainly […]

Possible Solution for Powering Implantable Devices

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Interesting story here about “nanogenerators” that could draw power from human blood to power implantable devices. A technology like this will be key if we’re ever able to implant technology into the human body. We need a method to power these devices, preferably thorough biological means such as this. Having to remove a device to […]

Dean Kamen’s Robotic Arm

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Just saw an amazing video of a new 14 degree-of-freedom robotic arm developed by Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway) and team. I met Dean while I was in grad school at MIT, and he continues to amaze with his inventions. It’s great to see him pushing forward with his background in robotics into bionics. […]

Bluetooth Watches

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Interesting (but short) article about a new product from Fossil: a bluetooth watch that can display caller ID from your phone. From the article and website, you can receive caller ID info, the watch will vibrate when calls or messages are received, and you can mute the ringer or reject calls just by pushing a […]

Interactive Bionics Tour

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Wired has an interesting “Interactive Bionics Tour” posted on their blog, which walks through some of the latest developments in the world of bionics. Check it out!

Bionic Arms and Legs

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

A couple of interesting bionics stories:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,71785-0.html?tw=rss.technology
http://digg.com/health/World_s_First_Bionic_Woman_move_over_Lindsay_Wagner
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/14/bionic.arm.ap/index.html