Homeland Security has issued a warning for a set of critical-rated vulnerabilities in Medtronic defibrillators which put the devices at risk of manipulation. These small implantable cardio-defibrillators are implanted in a patient’s chest to deliver small electrical shocks to prevent irregular or dangerously fast heartbeats, which can prove fatal. Most modern devices come with wireless […]
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Prototype prosthesis proffers proper proprioceptive properties
Researchers have created a prosthetic hand that offers its users the ability to feel where it is and how the fingers are positioned — a sense known as proprioception. The headline may be in jest, but the advance is real and may help amputees more effectively and naturally use their prostheses.
View More Prototype prosthesis proffers proper proprioceptive propertiesThis smart glove could help stroke patients with their hand movements
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NEOFECT’s RAPAEL Smart Glove is here to help stroke patients with their hand movements by making rehabilitation fun — and easy to keep tabs o. The glove is lightweight, and never misses a movement. Read more…
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View More This smart glove could help stroke patients with their hand movementsArtificial wrist could change the world of prosthetics — Future Blink
Researchers led by a Chalmers University of Technology professor are behind an innovation that will make life easier for people with forearm amputations. Their new artificial wrist allows for a user to move both their prosthetic hand and motorized wri…
View More Artificial wrist could change the world of prosthetics — Future BlinkThis 3D-printed prosthetic hand combines speed and strength with simplicity
Prosthetic limbs have come a long way from the heavy, solid hands and legs of yesteryear, but it’s still difficult to pack a range of motion into them without complex or bulky machinery. But new research out of Cornell uses a cleverly designed 3D-printed mechanism to achieve speed and strength with simple construction — and it costs a lot less, too.
View More This 3D-printed prosthetic hand combines speed and strength with simplicityVR is helping amputees feel their prosthetics as if they belonged to their bodies
Researchers at EPFL developed a system that combines virtual reality with artificial tactile sensations to help amputees feel their prosthetics as if they are a part of their body. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Virtual Reality, Prosthetics, …
View More VR is helping amputees feel their prosthetics as if they belonged to their bodiesResearchers in Japan are developing a brain-controlled robotic arm
It’s all about multi-tasking, as participants were asked to utilize their own two hands while also using their brain to control a third robotic limb.
The research team at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute in Japan says the function…
SmartArm’s AI-powered prosthesis takes the prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
A pair of Canadian students making a simple, inexpensive prosthetic arm have taken home the grand prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, a global startup competition the company holds yearly. SmartArm will receive $85,000, a mentoring session with CEO Satya Nadella, and some other Microsoft goodies. But they were far from the only worthy team from the dozens that came to Redmond to compete.
View More SmartArm’s AI-powered prosthesis takes the prize at Microsoft’s Imagine CupThis smart prosthetic ankle adjusts to rough terrain
Prosthetic limbs are getting better and more personalized, but useful as they are, they’re still a far cry from the real thing. This new prosthetic ankle is a little closer than others, though: it moves on its own, adapting to its user’s gait and the surface on which it lands.
View More This smart prosthetic ankle adjusts to rough terrain