Rob Spence installed a wireless video camera in place of his right eye, reports CNN. And 29-year-old James Young’s robotic arm “features a USB port, a screen displaying his Twitter feed and a retractable dock containing a remote-controlled drone…” “As biotechnology advances, so too may our ideas of what it means to be human.” Today, we can alter our bodies in…
Tag: PROSTHETIC
Robots with 3D-printed muscles are powered by the spines of rats
Robots made of 3D-printed muscle and rat spines could help us understand conditions like motor neurone disease and the technique may eventually be used to build prosthetic devices Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241889-robots-with-3d-printed-muscles-are-powered-by-the-spines-of-rats/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cat with 4 frostbitten paws gets new feet made of titanium
Dymka the cat suffered severe frostbite in all four paws, but after they were amputated she received new titanium limbs. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cat-titanium-prosthetic-paws.html