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Beaver-like robots face off in annual contest (5/10/2008)

Beaver-like robots face off in annual contestRobots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest ...> Full Article


First steps toward autonomous robot surgeries (5/7/2008)

The day may be getting a little closer when robots will perform surgery on patients in dangerous situations or in remote locations, such as on the battlefield or in space, with minimal human guidance ...> Full Article


The spring in your step is more than just a good mood (4/25/2008)

Scientists using a bionic boot found that during walking, the ankle does about three times the work for the same amount of energy compared to isolated muscles ...> Full Article


Each finger can be moved separately (4/23/2008)

Each finger can be moved separatelyA new prosthetic hand is being tested at the Orthopedic University Hospital in Heidelberg / Grip function almost like a natural hand ...> Full Article


NIH funds research to improve hearing (4/15/2008)

Electric-acoustic stimulation research could help discover important acoustic cues used to improve the hearing of certain profoundly hearing-impaired people ...> Full Article


New lab will 'change the way people live' in mid-west. and beyond (4/12/2008)

New lab to work on artificial eyes and implanted medical sensors. ...> Full Article


Robot sets walking record (4/10/2008)

Robot sets walking recordRobot walks for 5.6 miles breaking the unofficial world record for walking robots ...> Full Article


Versatile coating for biomedical devices lets them interact with live cells (4/8/2008)

A new type of plastic coating made from vapor could lead to better biomedical devices ...> Full Article


Crowning glory (4/5/2008)

Bonelike coating for dental implants makes everyone smile ...> Full Article


'Wildcat Power Cord' repairs cruciate ligament in dairy cow's knee (3/30/2008)

'Wildcat Power Cord' repairs cruciate ligament in dairy cow's kneeAn 8-year-old Jersey dairy cow is back at her Kansas farm thanks to a decade of research and an experimental surgery. ...> Full Article


Helping Your Brain Be All That It Can Be: Neuro Research Works to Combine Human Brain Capabilities with Computer Data Crunching Power (3/29/2008)

As fantastic as computers are at processing mountains of data at lightning speed, they still can't beat the human brain at, for instance, detecting a friend's face in a crowded airport terminal, or even at more specialized tasks such as detecting suspicious objects in X-ray scans of checked baggage. The human brain can do these tasks not just very well but also very rapidly, within a fraction of a second, says Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientist Maximilian Riesenhuber, Ph.D., of the Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. However, while the brain's visual system can perform the actual detection task very rapidly, even for multiple images presented at the same time, turning these decisions into behavioral responses is much slower. ...> Full Article


Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes (3/28/2008)

Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapesScientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts and aircraft wings, and can operate during stretching, compressing, folding and other types of extreme mechanical deformations, without a reduction in electrical performance. ...> Full Article


Medical Center Performs First U.S. Implant of Heart Device (3/22/2008)

A central Ohio man has become the first person in the United States, and only the 16th worldwide, to receive a heart implant designed to improve the heart's pumping action and help manage congestive heart failure symptoms. The procedure was performed at The Ohio State University Medical Center. ...> Full Article


Robot Fetches Objects With Just a Point and a Click (3/21/2008)

Robot Fetches Objects With Just a Point and a ClickScientists have found a way to instruct a robot to find and deliver an item it may have never seen before using a more direct manner of communication -- a laser pointer ...> Full Article


Crab-like robot could benefit undersea exploration (3/19/2008)

Crab-like robot could benefit undersea explorationUnderwater exploration may become easier in the future thanks to a new prototype crab-like robot ...> Full Article


Implantable medical devices may expose patients to security, privacy risks; solutions suggested (3/14/2008)

Study conducted by team from UMass Amherst, University of Washington ...> Full Article


Joint research: Probing the mysteries of a surprisingly tough hydrogel (3/12/2008)

Scientists have reported on a gel that, while having the pliancy of gelatin, won't break apart even when deformed over 1,000 percent. ...> Full Article


Regeneration Initiative enables nerve cells on a computer chip to heal and regrow damaged nerves (3/8/2008)

Regeneration Initiative enables nerve cells on a computer chip to heal and regrow damaged nervesNeuroscientists, brain surgeons, graduate students, rehabilitation specialists and neurologists are joining forces to develop new technology aimed at repairing and regenerating peripheral nerves that connect the brain, spinal cord, and the body. ...> Full Article


Magnetic levitation gives computer users sense of touch (3/6/2008)

Magnetic levitation gives computer users sense of touchComputers, long used as tools to design and manipulate three-dimensional objects, may soon provide people with a way to sense the texture of those objects or feel how they fit together, thanks to a haptic, or touch-based, interface developed at Carnegie Mellon University. ...> Full Article


Robotics Academy Develops Programming Language for Robots (3/1/2008)

Robotics Academy Develops Programming Language for RobotsROBOTC Language Supports LEGO Mindstorms and Other Educational Robots ...> Full Article


Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity (2/29/2008)

Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanityA robotics expert in the UK to issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. ...> Full Article


A wearable artificial kidney for patients on the go (2/27/2008)

A wearable artificial kidney for patients on the goIt's light enough to be worn on a tool belt around your waist. You can walk with it, work with it, sleep, take showers - even have sex with it on. ...> Full Article


Put Your Mind to It: Researcher to Give Presentation on Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Devices (2/22/2008)

There really is something to the phrase "mind over matter." Just ask Dr. Todd Kuiken, researcher from Northwestern University, whose work gives hope to amputees. ...> Full Article


Surgical Robot Triples Accuracy Of Medical Students Training For Hip Surgery (2/17/2008)

Surgical Robot Triples Accuracy Of Medical Students Training For Hip SurgeryDelegates at the British Society for Computer Aided Orthopaedic Surgery Conference will hear that results from a pilot study saw graduates 95 per cent more confident using this robotic technique than when using conventional surgical methods in training. ...> Full Article


Artificial Retinal Implant Project Grows (2/16/2008)

With its expansion to Europe, the only long-term retinal prosthesis study under way worldwide offers hope for treating blindness. ...> Full Article


Web will work wonders for the faint hearted (2/15/2008)

Web will work wonders for the faint heartedA new device could put the beat back into weak hearts - and free patients from a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs. ...> Full Article


A 'micro pharmacy' inside (2/13/2008)

A 'micro pharmacy' insideImplantable film can deliver drugs ...> Full Article


Scientists are Developing 'Robotic Rats' That Will Be Able to Aid in Rescue Missions and Planetary Research (2/12/2008)

A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, Israel, and the U.S., has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature. ...> Full Article


Knee brace generates electricity from walking (2/8/2008)

Knee brace generates electricity from walkingA new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter, research involving the University of Michigan shows. ...> Full Article

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Recent Articles
Beaver-like robots face off in annual contest 5/10/2008

First steps toward autonomous robot surgeries 5/7/2008

The spring in your step is more than just a good mood 4/25/2008

Each finger can be moved separately 4/23/2008

NIH funds research to improve hearing 4/15/2008

New lab will 'change the way people live' in mid-west. and beyond 4/12/2008

Robot sets walking record 4/10/2008

Versatile coating for biomedical devices lets them interact with live cells 4/8/2008

Crowning glory 4/5/2008

'Wildcat Power Cord' repairs cruciate ligament in dairy cow's knee 3/30/2008

Helping Your Brain Be All That It Can Be: Neuro Research Works to Combine Human Brain Capabilities with Computer Data Crunching Power 3/29/2008

Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes 3/28/2008

Medical Center Performs First U.S. Implant of Heart Device 3/22/2008

Robot Fetches Objects With Just a Point and a Click 3/21/2008

Crab-like robot could benefit undersea exploration 3/19/2008

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