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The bionic arm is the future of prosthetics, and it's here today
Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alberta Health Services' Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is pioneering a major advancement in upper-limb amputation surgery and rehabilitation with the Canadian debut of the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation ...
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University of Utah to help build bionic arm
Apr 24, 2006 |
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University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense ...
Reading the brain without poking it
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a ...
A vast right arm conspiracy? Study suggests handedness may effect body perception
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these ...
Applause for the SmartHand
Nov 04, 2009 |
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In one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict ...
ARM Announces 45nm SOI Test Chip Results That Demonstrate 40 Percent Power Savings Over Bulk Process
Oct 08, 2009 |
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ARM announced at the IEEE SOI Conference, Foster City, Calif., the results from a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) 45nm test chip that demonstrate potential power savings of up to 40 percent over traditional bulk process for manufacturing ...
Astronauts Move Japanese Exposed Section to Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts completed the delicate move of the Japanese Experiment Section from Endeavour's payload bay to the end of the Japanese Exposed Section, the so-called "porch" on the Kibo ...
Out on a limb: Arm-swinging riddle is answered
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity.
STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment
Oct 28, 2009 |
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STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box ...
Rocket-powered mechanical arm could revolutionize prosthetics
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Combine a mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor: The result is a prosthetic device that is the closest thing yet to a bionic arm.
Space Robot Can Autonomously Reconfigure Itself
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A robot designed to work in space should ideally be a Jack of all trades, with the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks by itself. By having one robot that can handle many jobs, astronauts can cut down ...
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