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Beyond bionics:

how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity

Video    G    26 June 2018

 

Bionic technology

is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people

while raising profound questions of what it is to be human.

 

From DIY prosthetics realised through 3D printing technology

to customised AI-driven limbs,

science is at the forefront of many life-enhancing innovations

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgTwa3CPrIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bionic Man    NYT    20 May 2015

 

 

 

 

The Bionic Man

Video    Robotica    The New York Times    20 May 2015

 

Les Baugh lost his arms as a teenager.

Engineers at Johns Hopkins are trying to give them back, but better.

Mr. Baugh is testing a robotic prosthetic that he can control with his mind.

 

Produced by:

Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper and Emma Cott

Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1Ejpskn

Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPhkVPNKtVA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethan Brown, 8, of Opelika, Ala.,

was born with two fingers missing on his left hand.

 

Now he wears a Cyborg Beast in black and red,

his school colors.

 

Photograph: Kevin Liles

for The New York Times

 

Hand of a Superhero

3-D Printing Prosthetic Hands That Are Anything but Ordinary

By JACQUELINE MROZ

NYT    Feb. 16, 2015

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
science/hand-of-a-superhero.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prosthetic limbs        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/09/
1103884757/researchers-are-developing-
prosthetics-that-have-a-sense-of-touch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bionics        UK

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GgTwa3CPrIE - G - 26 June 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bionic        USA

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=KPhkVPNKtVA - NYT - 20 May 2015

 

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/
ankles-gain-as-candidates-for-joint-replacement/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bionic man        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000003693281/
the-bionic-man.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bionic ear        UK

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/16/
bionic-ears-cochlear-implants-transformed-lives-children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

body hacking        USA

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/03/10/
468556420/body-hacking-movement-rises-ahead-of-moral-answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mind-controlled robot suits / robotic bodysuit / exoskeleton        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/
716412296/how-mind-controlled-robot-suits-could-enhance-our-limbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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