Prosthetics
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Intel's ultra-efficient AI chips can power prosthetics and self-driving cars
They can crunch AI tasks 1,000 times faster than CPUs.
Synthetic fiber 'muscles' could lead to brawny robots and prosthetics
They can carry many times their own weight.
AI-tuned robotic knee helps amputees walk within minutes
You wouldn't need to spend hours adjusting prosthetics.
Researchers develop 3D printed objects that can track their own use
They could be used to monitor devices like smart pill bottles or prosthetics.
AT&T's LTE-M device can help doctors perfect prosthetic limbs
The device gives medical professionals a look into a patient's daily experiences.
Rugged e-skin can heal its cuts and scrapes
It helps you feel temperature and pressure, but it can also take damage.
A US Paralympian designed Team USA's snowboard prosthetics
How Mike Schultz went from pro snowmobiler to Paralympic athlete.
Jellyfish-inspired e-skin glows when it's in 'pain'
It can sense a wider range of pressure than other artificial skins.
Haptic feedback gives prosthetics 'muscle sense'
Users will be able to feel the position of their mechanical hands without looking
'Intuitive' prosthetic hand sees what it's touching
It reacts in milliseconds with one of four programmed grasps.
The first Cybathlon pushed the limits of bionic technology
Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games - Episode 5
Powered prosthetics turn mundane tasks into monumental feats
Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games - Episode 3
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Dust-sized wireless sensors could control prosthetics someday
The current iteration's about the size of a grain of rice, but they could be much smaller in the future.
Prosthetic arms inspired by 'Deus Ex' are coming next year
Open Bionics is developing two designs with Eidos-Montréal.
