Beyond human: 8 organisations making bionic breakthroughs

e're only human. We age, we get injured, some of us suffer from chronic conditions and many of us get hurt in accidents. But wouldn't it be great if we didn't, or at least the consequences of such accidents and misfortune weren't so grave? That's where bionics is taking us.

 Teaching With: ‘The Bionic Man’

This short documentary, The Bionic Man, is the third episode in a Bits video series called Robotica, examining how robots are poised to change the way we do business and conduct our daily lives. The film features Les Baugh, who 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.

 Want a True Bionic Limb? Good Luck Without Machine Learning

Neural control is not yet ready for prime time, but computer vision is already making existing artificial arms significantly more agile—up to 10 times faster than anything on the market.

 Will Exoskeletons Give Us Superpowers?

All the strength of a body builder, with none of the body oil. We test out the latest bionic enhancements in the first episode of FLUX.

A Bionic Limb You Can Control With Your Unconscious Mind Is Here

Ossur's "mind controlled" prosthetic converts unconscious reflexes into limb-like movements.

Bionic Bodies: Why the Future for Quadriplegics Looks So Bright

The ultimate goal is to build a robotic vest for the whole body. A person's brain activity will control movement of the limbs.

Bionic body parts: what's already here (eyes!) and what's coming soon

It may soon become commonplace to see people with robotic exoskeletons or bionic eyes. Scientific research into bionic human parts has advanced impressively in recent years, driven by improvements in computer science, shrinking electronic components, and a growing understanding of the nervous system.

Bionic Brains and Beyond

High-tech implants will soon be commonplace enhancements under our skin and inside our skulls, making us stronger and smarter.

Bionics to Track Your Health

Imagine a digital tattoo that transmits skin temperature; a transparent sensor on a contact lens that tests for glaucoma; a pliable pacemaker wrapped around a beating heart; and an implant that controls pain after surgery, then dissolves harmlessly when it is no longer needed.

From Legos To The Iron Man Suit And Now Mr. Bionics: Meet Jay Martin

Martin Bionics is a prosthetics company that is completely changing how prosthetics are made, fit and used. Instead of a rigid carbon fiber or plastic joint socket, Jay and his team created a fabric-based socket. Not only is the fabric socket more comfortable, it is user friendly for practitioners and patients alike.

How bionic technology will change what it means to be human

Scientists have been making amazing advances in bionic technology in recent years: robotic exoskeletons that help people walk, artificial eyes that help blind people see. Some of these technologies are meant as medical aids to help people regain function. But some of this research — by, say, the military — is meant to help give people superhuman capabilities.

Now Is The Time For Robotics

As a company that has been “fighting the good fight,” pioneering the practical application and commercialization of exoskeleton technology for many years now, we applaud what the Walk Again Project has undertaken. They are shooting for the moon with the conviction that at some point you just have to aim high in the name of progress toward a better tomorrow. They seek to demonstrate the feasibility of using a brain machine interface to control human exoskeletons.

This Bionic Hand Uses AI to Grab Things Automatically

Most moveable prosthetic limbs require some human control, transmitted through devices like implanted myoelectric sensors, to react to their environment—translating the movement to a cyborg appendage. What if the hand could see for itself, instead?