bionic arm

In real life

Staff Sergeant James Sides lost his right arm in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Now he's the first patient in an FDA trial testing an implantable, muscle-connected controller for prosthetics.

Wearers can push one button for complex movements like right-clicking a mouse and picking up a pen.

Light bridges the communication gap between man and machine.

A nonaddictive drug for chronic pain

The first motorized prosthesis with a brain

A pimple killer does the job in a day

Gut-shocking implant zaps appetite

A wearable energy tracker takes the guesswork out of weight loss

Shots without needles