Bionic

Bionic Body Shop is Much Less Girly Than Current Body Shop

IEEE, the industry trade mag for gigantic nerds, has this cool Flash demo of what a bionic body shop of the future would look like. Just pick out the parts of your body you'd want to enhance—hand, leg, heart, eyeball, ear, brain, ~~peepee~~, foot or bladder—and it'll show you how much the add-on will cost. It's a part of their report on "the Singularity," which is an eventual breakthrough in science or technology that will revolutionize humanity. Adding robotic or super-improved parts to yourself definitely qualifies as one. [IEEE]

2:20 PM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Jason Chen
3,756 views, 36 comments

Latest by vote Obama: @Ed_Becerra: OK OK OK! lest start a ranch then. Who knew the little word soul would cause such offense....... sheeesh. more »

medicine

Bionic Eyes Get One Step Closer to Reality

Bionic eyes that return sight to the blind might not be as far off as previously thought, with researchers in London carrying out the first treatment on a pair of patients in a study of a new technology. More »

6:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Adam Frucci
5,326 views, 17 comments

android tech

Researchers Create Bionic Eye Prototype, Render Guide Dogs Obsolete

The Boston Retinal Implant Project recently developed a bionic eye implant that will restore vision to those affected by degenerative blindness. The device works by being implanted into the back of the eyeball and working as a light transmitter to the brain, where the two are connected by a nerve/wire thinner than a human hair. More »

9:39 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Adrian Covert
22,006 views, 56 comments

artificial vision

Eyeball-Implanted Camera Patent May Bring Electronic Vision, One Day

Implanting a micro-camera directly into the eyeball may be a future solution for restoring sight to people with damaged vision, according to this patent application. The camera could be charged wirelessly, and communicate directly with a chip implanted at the back of the eye, so very little external hardware would be needed: More »

10:48 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,761 views, 36 comments

clips

Olivia Munn Goes Lesbionic Woman (Slightly NSFW)

What do you get when you combine our favorite AppleTV licker with our favorite robotic woman TV show? A parody video by G4's Munn that features her making out with another lovely lady for a whole ten seconds. Are you ready for this jelly? The video's slightly NSFW if you work with Martha Stewart. More »

7:35 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Jason Chen
52,730 views, 35 comments

bionic woman

When Do I Get My Bionic Babe?

The long-awaited season premiere of Bionic Woman airs tonight at 9 PM, and I know what you're thinking. When will my girlfriend get a nanotech immune system and deadly superstrength? I want a bionic babe in my living room, hopefully sitting on the wireless network, acting as a firewall and a Slingbox all at once! Who doesn't want that, when you think about it? That's why Laptop Magazine published a helpful guide to the science behind Bionic Woman, explaining when exactly you will have a girlfriend who can copy HD quality video off your DVR using ONLY HER MIND. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Annalee Newitz
6,965 views, 13 comments

Latest by foureight84: this show sucks. it's like xena but no xena. i saw the leaked version a few months back. i thought it sucked cause there were no dramatic music. turns out that the dramatic music couldn't mask the suckiness. more »

michelle ryan

Bionic Woman Gives Us a Titanium Tent

Rarely does a woman herself qualify as a gadget, but this time, Michelle Ryan, star of the upcoming NBC remake of Bionic Woman, perfectly fits the bill. At least that's the best excuse we could think of to find some sensational shots of her and bring them to you all in one place, clickable with one hand. After yesterday's post of the show's trailer showing her pouting and throwing people across roofs, we figured this tacky video was the least we could do. Huge NSFW gallery, after the jump. More »

12:30 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By Charlie White
47,239 views, 43 comments

Latest by blomster: You can now watch the entire pilot episode by downloading it for free from Amazon Unbox to your PC or TiVo. Sweet! more »

the new jamie sommers

Is Michelle Ryan Bionic Enough for You?

There are two reasons to watch this Fall's remake of The Bionic Woman on NBC. One is Michelle Ryan, English actress and utter, utter hottie. The other is Katee Sackoff, Battlestar Galactica's chewer-upper of Cylon raiders —but we all know about her hotness already, so let's focus on the new girl. There's a video preview of the series and a poll about her after the jump.

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4:30 PM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By AddyDugdale
35,686 views, 48 comments

prosthetics

Rocket-Fuelled Bionic Arm not Just for Sportsmen

A team at Vanderbilt University has come up with a prototype of a prosthetic arm powered by a miniature rocket motor that is as close to a bionic arm as you are going to get. "Our design does not have superhuman strength or capability, but it is closer in terms of function and power to a human arm than any previous prosthetic device that is self-powered and weighs about the same as a natural arm," says Michael Goldfarb, the professor leading the research. You can see more from him in the video below. More »

7:35 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By AddyDugdale
4,521 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: When 2009 rolls around, I wanna volunteer as a test patient!I need a right arm! more »

bionic man

Man With Fake Heart Claims He's Lost the Ability to Feel Emotions

Peter Houghton takes his metaphors a bit too seriously. The first lifetime recipient of a Jarvik 2000 ventricular assist device (i.e. an artificial heart) is grateful for the fact that he's, you know, alive, but thinks he's lost his emotions since getting the fake ticker. Dude, your emotions come from your brain, not from your heart, despite what all that poetry you've been reading says. One theory about his newfound lack of feelings is that his brain isn't meant to be getting a steady stream of blood, which the Jarvik 2000 gives him, and is instead optimized for short bursts of it, like a real heart provides. More »

11:30 AM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,011 views, 26 comments

Latest by Protius: That may have passed as urban-legend science before they found there is actually synaptic development within the heart. The limbic center of the brain is considered the emotional control room, which just happens to be directly tied to the more »

shake on it

Shadow Hand, As Good As The Real Thing

When we die and are reincarnated as robots, we will all have Shadow Hands. An advanced limb developed mostly for researchers, the Shadow Hand provides 24 unique movements, or 1:1 movement to a real human hand. These movements are spurred by 40 independent muscles, which are extremely cool. More »

9:10 AM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,321 views, 11 comments

unfreakingbelievable

i-Limb Hand, Every Sci-Fi Movie Made Real

We were just talking about the incredible i-Limb hand the other day—a bionic hand controlled by nerve impulses—and here is one of its first videos in motion. We love when the dreams of science fiction becomes the reality of science fact...especially when it doesn't involve robots exterminating the human race. [medgadget]

1:55 PM on Sun Jul 22 2007
By Mark Wilson
6,377 views, 36 comments

high five!

iLIMB Bionic Hand Looks, Feels Like the Real Thing

We at the Giz are fond of both hands and bionic things - so this iLIMB, from Scottish firm Touch Bionics, is so far up our street it's parked in our car port. A prosthetic hand with five separately-powered fingers, the iLIMB functions via the electric signals generated by the remaining portion of a patient's limb, allowing the fingers to open and close. The iLIMB, which went on sale yesterday, has been successfully fitted out on several patients - including US Army Sergeant Juan Arredondo, whose left arm was severed below the elbow whilst out on patrol in Iraq.

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6:30 AM on Wed Jul 18 2007
By AddyDugdale
7,509 views, 14 comments

Latest by army ranger: The U.S Army military is a detached entity maintained by the U.S government to safeguard itself against its foes, during times of famine and floods, to wage wars in different parts of the world and also help its friends during more »

two new legs

Bionic Legs Help Miracle Crash Survivor Walk Again

An eggcup-like device with bionic legs attached to it has been developed by doctors for a man who was chopped in half by a truck in 1995. The accident left Peng Shulin bedridden for over a decade, but thanks to doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing, the 2'6" fighter is back on his feet again. More »

5:30 AM on Thu Jul 12 2007
By AddyDugdale
28,783 views, 40 comments

bionic ipod shuffle man

Arriva 'Wireless' iPod Shuffle Headphones

I don't know if it would be legit to actually call these headphones "wireless," but how about "wire free." The headphones attach directly to the iPod shuffle. It is an excellent idea to eliminate the cords, but something would be fishy about seeing someone walking around with what looks like an iPod shuffle grafted to the back of their head. This isn't the actual final design, but Arriva's founder said that final product is very close to what is seen above. –Travis Hudson More »

6:00 PM on Wed May 2 2007
By Travis Hudson
3,806 views, 18 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: iPod users wouldn't want to look like tools, would they? more »

bionic arms

DARPA Completes First Bionic Arm Prototype

Move over Dean Kamen. You might have the money you've made from the dozens upon dozens of Segways you've sold, but your budget can't compete with DARPA's, and they're in the bionic arm field too. More »

3:15 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Adam Frucci
4,592 views, 25 comments

robots

Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger

Researchers from the Tokyo Institute for Technology have developed the first bionic hand strong enough to crush a can. I know, it's surprising that all the robot hands we've seen before have been so weinerish, but now you know. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Mar 22 2007
By Adam Frucci
1,982 views, 19 comments

gadgets

Cats Getting "Bionic Eyes;" Humans Next

An experimental new blindness cure is currently being tested on our feline friends, with light-sensing chips being placed at the backs of their eyes to restore sight. Since cats have similar eyes to humans and can get retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that leads to blindness, just like us, they make a great stand-in for people during testing. More »

11:25 AM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Adam Frucci
592 views, 30 comments

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