Scientists working for forthcoming Channel 4 TV show How to Build a Bionic Man assembled the most cutting-edge prosthetic limbs available today, creating an incredibly versatile robot person for around $1m. Read More >>
Researchers have been working on this for a very long time and now they have finally achieved it: scientists at North Carolina State University have successfully remotely controlled cockroaches. Watch the video. It's both disgusting and impressive, but it could save your life one day. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"It seems like it's either actually tugging the antenna or simulating a tug, like you would... I dunno rein in a horse, or apply tape to a cat.
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Sun Jifa should be an inspiration to us all. After he lost both of his hands when a homemade bomb exploded, he spent the past 8 years making prototype bionic hands until figuring out the system he has now. It looks awesome and they work wonderfully, apparently. Read More >>
This is Bella, a three-legged llama who was in danger of being euthanized because of the depression—and inability to get around—caused by her amputation. Until, that is, she received an awesome new cheetah-print bionic leg. Now she is the happiest three legged llama in all the land. Read More >>
Featured comment by sabretoooth:
"I'm not talking about the actual prosthetic. I'm talking about the effort and money they put into this would be so much more useful for a person. A ch..." More »
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