Timing is everything in new implant tech
Implants that require a steady source of power but don't need wires are an idea whose time has come.
May 10, 2021
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News tagged with stimulation
Robotics
Biohybrid soft robot with self-stimulating skeleton outswims other biobots
A team of researchers working at Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology has developed a skeletal-muscle-based, biohybrid soft robot that can swim faster than other skeletal-muscle-based biobots. In their paper published ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Video gamers skills enhanced by training 10 minutes a day
Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Center for Software and University of Limerick (UL), have found video gamers can significantly improve their esport skills by training for just 10 minutes a day.
Mar 26, 2021
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For neural research, wireless chip shines light on the brain
Researchers have developed a chip that is powered wirelessly and can be surgically implanted to read neural signals and stimulate the brain with both light and electrical current. The technology has been demonstrated successfully ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Engineering
New glove-like device mimics sense of touch
What if you could touch a loved one during a video call—particularly in today's social distancing era of COVID-19—or pick up and handle a virtual tool in a video game?
Sep 9, 2020
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Robotics
Soft robots of the future may depend on new materials that conduct electricity, sense damage and self-heal
Robots used to be restricted to heavy lifting or fine detail work in factories. Now Boston Dynamics' nimble four-legged robot, Spot, is available for companies to lease to carry out various real-world jobs, a sign of just ...
Nov 7, 2019
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Engineering
A prosthetic leg with 'feeling' improves mobility
A breakthrough device unveiled Monday makes it possible for someone amputated above the knee to "feel" a prosthetic leg, resulting is greater stamina, stability and mobility.
Sep 10, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
How to make electrical muscle stimulation feel natural to virtual reality users
If there's one familiar sound whenever a volunteer tries out an interactive device that uses electrical muscle stimulation, it is probably laughter. Even for experienced users of the technology, the sensation of a machine ...
Jul 29, 2019
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Robotics
A prosthetic that restores the sense of where your hand is
Researchers have developed a next-generation bionic hand that allows amputees to regain their proprioception. The results of the study, which have been published in Science Robotics, are the culmination of ten years of robotics ...
Feb 21, 2019
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Engineering
Controlling neurons with light—but without wires or batteries
University of Arizona biomedical engineering professor Philipp Gutruf is first author on the paper Fully implantable, optoelectronic systems for battery-free, multimodal operation in neuroscience research, published in Nature ...
Jan 2, 2019
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