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This 10-Year-Old Made Herself A Prosthetic Arm That Shoots Glitter
It's called "Project Unicorn"
Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone
No longer just for Oscar the cat
Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
With careful training using a robotic harness, and a special chemical cocktail designed to stimulate brain cells, rats with spinal...
Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell
The cells could be further studied for eventual application to human therapy
British Amputee Cat First to Get Bone-Grafted Exoprosthetic Paws
When Oscar the cat lost both his hind paws in a farming accident, it was feared he’d have to trundle...
Electrical Nerve Hacking Restores Movement To Paralyzed Limbs
When Matthew Schiefer, a neural engineer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, first managed to stimulate the leg...
DARPA Seeks Prosthetics Directly Controllable Through Brain Implants
Artificial limbs have advanced quite a bit since the days of the pirate peg leg, but not nearly enough for...
Power-Harvesting Prosthetic Uses Every Footstep to Power the Next
Prosthetic users typically spend more energy walking on their artificial feet than most people, because the devices cannot replicate the...
Humans May Be Biologically Able to Run 40 MPH, New Study Shows
Human running speeds top out near 28 mph, if the record-breaking feats of Jamaican speed demon Usain Bolt prove anything....
