One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science ...

Despite enormous progress in the past two decades, the intentional control of bionic prostheses remains a challenge and the ...

For decades, treatments for macular degeneration have focused on slowing, not restoring vision loss. A new retinal implant is ...

When we tie our shoelaces or open a bottle of soda, we do it on autopilot, reflexively. Meanwhile, millions of people all ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

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In early September, a young boy named Ma received a brand-new hand — a mini version of the BrainCo Intelligent Bionic Hand.

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2025.240152, discusses how multi-photon bionic skin realizes high-precision haptic visualization for reconstructive perception. Human ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iWalk, the personal bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the availability of its BiOM bionic lower ...

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 ...

In the 1970s, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman captivated audiences with their thrilling stories of technological transformation. Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers weren’t just ...