A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

In dozens of operating rooms where they’re installing new joints, the bionic body, once science fiction, is now routine. New York's Hospital for Special Surgery replaces more than 4,000 joints every ...

"This tactile technology opens up a non-optical way for the nondestructive testing of the human body and flexible electronics," says Luo. "Next, we want to develop the bionic finger’s capacity for ...

He walks, he talks and he has a beating heart, but he's not human — he's the world's first fully bionic man. Like Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from a hodgepodge of body parts, the bionic ...

An international research team involving scientists from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the United States has made a remarkable breakthrough in bionic arm technology. Their pioneering work has led to ...

Late last year, German Bionic announced a $20 million Series A round led — in part — by Samsung Catalyst Fund. It was a curious alliance, given that Samsung has shown off its own robotic exoskeleton ...

BKC Faculty Associate Magda Romanska investigates posthuman disability studies and where the field fits in with conversations around modern technologies. "By probing the limits of human and machine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The iLet bionic pancreas system conferred an average glucose of less than 183 mg/dL in 97% of adults with type 1 ...

A device known as a bionic pancreas, which uses next-generation technology to automatically deliver insulin, was more effective at maintaining blood glucose (sugar) levels within normal range than ...

Engineers have spent decades trying to make shoes lighter, springier and more supportive. Now they are adding something far more radical: propulsion. Bionic sneakers that quietly push wearers up hills ...