Modern bionic hand prostheses nearly match their natural counterparts when it comes to dexterity, degrees of freedom, and capability. And many amputees who tried advanced bionic hands apparently ...

The International Bionic Engineering Conference 2011 organised by Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, aims to bridge the gap between ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...

A Styrofoam coffee cup is easy to underestimate. It weighs almost nothing and collapses under the slightest excess pressure. For most people, picking it up is effortless. For someone using a ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

The best rowing machines have a few things in common: They have superior ergonomics, good construction, and they’re easy—and especially safe—to use. When testing rowing machines, Consumer Reports ...

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We developed a thin, flexible microelectrode array that can be slid through a small slit in the skull onto the brain surface. We showed that this minimally invasive system records and stimulates ...

Intuitive Machines, Inc. designs, manufactures, and operates space products and services in the United States. The company provides delivery services for the transportation and delivery of payloads, ...

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