'Bionic' arm gives amputee sense of touch
Impressive impact factors prove that BioMed Central's Open Access journals are high quality and widely read and cited. Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by...University of Utah to help build bionic arm
University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense contract worth up to $55 million to develop the new device for soldiers and potentially others whose arms were amputated. "Imagine an artificial arm that moves naturally in response t...Bionic Buffer from Sigma-Aldrich
Description:Bionic Buffer is a unique alternative to traditional TBE (TRIS borate-EDTA) and TAE (TRIS acetate-EDTA) electrophoresis buffers. Bionic Buffer allows for higher voltage runs, extremely rapid running times, and high-resolution band separation. Caution: Test electrophoresis chambers to determine...Bionic muscles developed by scientists powered by alcohol and hydrogen
In the direction of development of prosthetic limbs researchers at University of Texas have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. // As it appears in Science, these artificial muscles are 100 times more powerful than the body's own. Two types of muscle are being investigated by US researchers at the Nanotech Institute at the U...Bionic Women –No longer the Stuff of Science Fictio
Claudia Mitchell, was a United States Marine who lost her arm in a motorcycle accident. She has become the first woman to be fitted// with a new prosthetic arm that is controlled by her own nerves. She talked about how she used it to cut a steak which was the first that she had been able to eat in a conventional way since her accident of over two years ago. She said, “That was a very b...Bionic Eye may Restore Sight to the Blind
Stevie Wonder- world-renowned singer and composer is just one of many blind people around the world //who would like to hear more about this invention. Scientists working for the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California have improved upon a previous invention released in 2002; a prototype artificial retina. They plan to start clinical studies for the development o...Bionic Ear Restores Hearing to Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Patients
Scientists have for the first time shown that a bionic ear may help restore hearing in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) say that their work offers new hope for patients with the rare disorder, which can produce non-malignant tumors in ears, as well as in the eyes, brain, and kidn...