Archive for the ‘cyborgs’ category: Page 83
Aug 26, 2018
I Am Cyborg, Hear Me Roar: The Feeling of Pain is SO Last Century!
Posted by B.J. Murphy in categories: biological, cyborgs, transhumanism
As we begin to question our biological roles during a non-biological (transhuman) era, will the role of pain remain as our sole method of detecting physical trauma or will it be replaced by a more efficient technological alternative?
Aug 13, 2018
Printed electronics breakthrough could lead to flexible electronics revolution
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, health, nanotechnology
A new form of electronics manufacturing which embeds silicon nanowires into flexible surfaces could lead to radical new forms of bendable electronics, scientists say.
In a new paper published today in the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering, engineers from the University of Glasgow describe how they have for the first time been able to affordably ‘print’ high-mobility semiconductor nanowires onto flexible surfaces to develop high-performance ultra-thin electronic layers.
Those surfaces, which can be bent, flexed and twisted, could lay the foundations for a wide range of applications including video screens, improved health monitoring devices, implantable devices and synthetic skin for prosthetics.
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Aug 12, 2018
A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
Denis Aabo Sørensen lost his left hand nine years ago, while handling fireworks. Since then, he has used prosthetic hands, but never one like this. Last year, a team of European engineers created for him a prosthetic hand that connects directly to the remaining nerves in his upper arm. That means the hand is able to send sensations of touch back through his arm and into his brain. Plus, when Sørensen wanted to grab something, he could move the hand by simply thinking about it.
Aug 3, 2018
Joris Column: Printcrime, augmenting humans, nanoconvergence and Segway polo
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, cyborgs, habitats, transhumanism
Often only a few years separate the tinfoil hats from the millionaires to be. I was writing the piece on the Youbionic arm and thinking of how we will use 3D printing to augment human beings. Clearly augmenting the human body with mechatronics would be a good idea. The flesh is weak but stepper motors are strong! Oh how we will eeck, ooow, brrrr whine in our old stepper augmented age. Machines could very well fill the gaps once our bodies start failing us. But, will old people homes really be filled with Borg grandmas?
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Jul 30, 2018
How I Built Myself Bionic Limbs
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism
This is the next generation of robotic prosthetics. Here’s how they work.
Watch the full TED Talk here: http://bit.ly/2LQErPg
Jul 26, 2018
Mexican company makes super-realistic prosthetics
Posted by Nicholi Avery in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
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These prosthetics are so realistic that it’s hard to tell what is real or fake.
Jul 24, 2018
Bionics in Real Life
Posted by Marco Monfils in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Jul 15, 2018
The Cyborgs Are Here: Researchers Put Living Cells In A Robotic Finger
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, cyborgs, robotics/AI
Researchers have created a biohybrid robot finger, a tiny device that combines 3D-printed parts with living muscle tissue.
Jul 15, 2018
Artificial Intelligence And Prosthetics Join Forces To Create New Generation Bionic Hand
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism
“Our main goal is to let patients control them as naturally as though they were their biological limbs,” says Professor Dario Farina from Imperial College.
A team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Göttingen have teamed up to create a ‘next generation’ bionic hand. This bionic hand is special because it uses artificial intelligence to improve its functionality.