Cybernetics and Robotics News Archives Page 2

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

Implantable 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)

A 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

Optical Scientists Add New, Practical Dimension to Holography (2/7/2008)

Optical scientists have broken a technological barrier by making three-dimensional holographic displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes. ...> Full Article

Team develops energy-efficient microchip (2/6/2008)

Could lead to self-charging medical implants ...> Full Article

Wired For Sound: Implant Sends Signals Direct to Brain (1/30/2008)

A delicate surgery that involves placement of tiny electrodes onto the brainstem is helping some people avoid total hearing loss. ...> Full Article

Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision (1/18/2008)

Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and even as a way to surf the Web on the go. ...> Full Article

Monkey's Thoughts Makes Robot Walk from Across the Globe (1/16/2008)

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the brain activity of a monkey has been used to control the real-time walking patterns of a robot halfway around the world, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. ...> Full Article

Researcher Helps Patients with Complete Paralysis, or Locked-in Syndrome, Communicate (1/15/2008)

Peggy Chun is a popular artist known for her bold watercolor paintings that capture the spirit of her Hawaiian home. But in 2002, the painter was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This debilitating neurological disorder progressively destroys a person's motor neurons. As a victim of this incurable disease, Chun can feel, see, smell, taste, think and imagine, but can no longer move in any way. She is, in the parlance of the medical profession, "locked-in." ...> Full Article

Model is first to compare performance of 'biosensors' (1/10/2008)

Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring. ...> Full Article

Computer Vision Expert To Head Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer (1/8/2008)

New professor's research involves heart and eye modeling, smart satellite imaging ...> Full Article

Artificial Skin System Can Heal Wounds (12/23/2007)

Hair Cells Act as Biological Wound Dressing ...> Full Article

Engineer's circuit to help enable miniature medical implants (12/20/2007)

A researcher is helping to pave the way for tiny implanted medical devices that could one day administer medicine to ill patients, help disabled people use artificial limbs or perform other therapeutic tasks within the body. ...> Full Article

Researchers discover they can read thoughts to decipher what a person is actually seeing (12/11/2007)

Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered that, from the firing of this type of neuron, they can tell what a person is actually seeing. ...> Full Article

Tiny third-eye cameras will let blind people 'see' (11/30/2007)

The bionic eye is one step closer to reality, thanks in part to important research undertaken at Queensland University of Technology. ...> Full Article

Intelligent software helps build perfect robotic hand (11/29/2007)

Scientists are working on intelligent software that will take them a step closer to building the perfect robotic hand. ...> Full Article

Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain (11/21/2007)

The research offers insights into the mechanism of the brain and how it works. ...> Full Article

Thoughts, not arms and hands, can operate machines (11/14/2007)

New devices may soon improve the lives of physically handicapped people. ...> Full Article

New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought (11/10/2007)

Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even one leg or arm muscle now can independently compose and send e-mails and operate a TV in their homes. They are using only their thoughts to execute these actions. ...> Full Article

Microsoft patents electronic brain interface system (10/21/2007)

Microsoft develops electronic brain interface that 'learns' what a person wants. ...> Full Article

Brain Input Aids Devices That Move Injured Or Artificial Limbs (10/19/2007)

Neuroscientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a novel approach for measuring and deciphering brain activity that holds out promise of providing improved movements of natural or artificial limbs by those who have been injured or paralyzed. ...> Full Article

'Bionic' nerve to bring damanged limbs and organs back to life (10/18/2007)

University of Manchester researchers have transformed fat tissue stem cells into nerve cells - and now plan to develop an artificial nerve that will bring damaged limbs and organs back to life. ...> Full Article

Discovery of retinal cell type ends four-decade search (10/12/2007)

Research may be first step in creation of electronic interfaces to eyes and brain. ...> Full Article

Researcher working on next generation of artificial muscles (10/5/2007)

Recent study could lead to new materials that will mimic biological tissues and artificial muscles. ...> Full Article

Research helps convert brain signals into action (10/4/2007)

Researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated. ...> Full Article

Exoskeleton lightens the load (9/19/2007)

Researchers have created a device to lighten the burden for soldiers and others who carry heavy packs and equipment. ...> Full Article

Scientists Engineer 'Pumped-Up' Materials (9/6/2007)

Robots with 'roid rage? Responsive prosthetics leading to the Six Million Dollar Man or the Bionic Woman? ...> Full Article