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The world wowed a few years ago when a very clever startup from Bristol, U.K., came up with 3D-printed bionic limbs for amputees. Uniquely, the limbs were lightweight, cheap to make and could even be ...

The word “bionic” conjures up images of science fiction fantasies. But in fact bionic systems – the joining of engineering and robotics with biology (the human body) – are becoming a reality here and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bionic Engineering Lab at the University of Utah is working with a prototype bionic leg and they hope it will improve the lives of amputees around the world. Kerry Finn is one of ...

For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

Bionics is a scientific and technical discipline that takes ideas from biological systems to design engineering systems. It is sometimes called as Biomimetics or Biomimicry. Bionics involves ...

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My challenge today was judging the 33rd Ottawa Science and Engineering Olympics. Then I thought, “Why not write a blog post?” Sadly, I was stuck in the car without my laptop, which led to the second ...

Six-year-old Alex Pring, of Groveland, Florida, reaches out for a fist-size rubber duck. Focused, his robotic milky white fingers close, and he grips the duck, raising his arm triumphantly. “I got the ...