MetaFilter posts tagged with bionic

AquaJelly & AirJelly

homunculus — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:20:24 -0800

All Hail Robo-Jellyfish! Behold Festo Bionic Learning Network's AquaJelly & AirJelly.

"When I push on the ball of my foot, it rotates the wrist."

kliuless — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:51:58 -0800

Dean Kamen's Artificial "Luke" Arm - Segway inventor reinvents the prosthetic arm: "I've been able to do stuff with this that I haven't, seriously haven't, done in 26 years... uh, pick up a banana, peel a banana and eat it without it squishening... I can't wait to get one of these in a real environment, a home environment, and actually my wife can't either. She's going, oh yeah, I got lots of stuff for you to do."

The X Finger

phrontist — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:06:03 -0800

The X Finger a prosthetic for digital amputees.

How Thoughts Can Become Deeds

fenriq — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:46:16 -0800

First Brain-Powered Bionic Prosthesis
Jesse Sullivan is the first man (link to press release) to recieve a ground breaking new bionic arm (PDF fact sheet) that is controlled by his mind and a 64-bit microprocessor. His new arm, that even allows him to "feel" objects, is the result of a radical surgical process called nerve-transfer surgery that took nerves going to his arms and rerouted them to his chest.
Want to see it in action? 1, 2, 3 (embedded QT links) and some images of Jesse in action.
Previous MeFi b io n ic threads.

Chop.

tomplus2 — Fri, 21 May 2004 08:19:55 -0800

"I showed them everything from a simple hook to a nonfunctioning artificial hand to a $50,000 bionic arm," Agris says. "They all picked the bionic arm." 7 Iraqi men recieve tattoo removal and a bionic arm.

and the blind could see

The Jesse Helms — Thu, 08 May 2003 12:59:00 -0800

'Bionic eye' breakthrough can allow the blind to see. One by one the miracles of Jesus are replaced by science.