assistive devices

By capturing brain signals associated with the mechanical aspects of speaking, such as movements of the jaw, lips,…

Using brain-scanning technology, artificial intelligence, and speech synthesizers, scientists have converted brain…

Typically, robots are built to perform a single task. To make them more adaptable, researchers from Yale University…

Current prosthetic limbs aren’t yet capable of transmitting complex sensations like texture or pain to the user, but…

By growing muscles on an artificial skeleton, researchers from Japan have constructed an agile and surprisingly…

Researchers in Europe have created a soft artificial heart that mimics the real thing. It’s still not ready for…

An ongoing reexamination of an ancient Egyptian wooden toe is shedding new light on how the remarkable wooden…

Researchers from Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS have developed a soft robotic exosuit that significantly boosts a…

Researchers from Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed an innovative robotic sleeve that…

Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully tested a brain implant that allows a patient with late-stage Lou…

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a system that’s enabling a man with…

Using a brain implant, Stanford researchers have developed a mind-machine interface that allows monkeys to text at…

Six years ago while vacationing with friends, Ian Burkhart suffered an accident that left him paralyzed from the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an injectable pacemaker that doesn’t require wired leads, which…

Researchers have developed a wireless brain interface that allows monkeys to control the movements of a robotic…

For the first time ever, researchers have successfully demonstrated a system that enables a person to move the…

Last year we told you about Derby, a dog born with underdeveloped legs and paws. Tech firm 3D Systems designed a…

Cutting-edge prosthesis are amazing, but they lack one very important feature: a sense of touch. Now a research team…

In a trial involving mice, an international team of researchers used microscopic "nanoneedles" to coax the body into…

The waiting list for organ transplants is growing at an alarming rate while the number of potential organ donors has…