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neural prosthetics

·June 18, 2012·3 min read

Robots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch, paving the way for more useful prostheses. What does...

·June 4, 2012·2 min read

When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...

·May 14, 2012·6 min read

Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a...

·February 28, 2012·2 min read

New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural...

·February 21, 2012·6 min read

Sandia National Laboratories researchers, using off-the-shelf equipment in a chemistry lab, have been working on ways to improve amputees’ control...

·July 27, 2011·3 min read

Engineers work to design prosthetic arm that allows amputees to feel what they touch. Engineering researchers at four U.S. universities...

·April 21, 2011·2 min read

Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes. Devices might be used in brain prostheses, or combined into a massive network...

·April 5, 2011·1 min read

Devices which could be used to rehabilitate the arms and hands of people who have experienced a stroke have been...

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