Closing the Loop: Prosthetics with Touch Sense

Closing the Loop: Prosthetics with Touch Sense

by | September 16, 2015 | Health, Medical

For the average person, the loss of a hand or arm can be an enormous physical and emotional challenge. Unfortunately, our military forces have to deal with this problem far too often. For this reason, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spends a lot...
New Fabric Is Also the Sensor [video]

New Fabric Is Also the Sensor [video]

by | July 17, 2015 | Medical

If you’ve ever had an injury where you needed to have a leg or an arm wrapped with an elastic compression bandage, you have probably experienced firsthand the biggest problem with this treatment. “Is that too tight? Is it too loose?” The person...
Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

by | June 19, 2015 | Health

According to some sources, as many as 100 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain. This can be treated in a variety of ways, including medication, but these treatments are not always effective. NeuroMetrix is a spin-off from the Harvard-MIT Division of...
Bionic Leg Produces Normal Gait [video]

Bionic Leg Produces Normal Gait [video]

by | June 8, 2015 | Medical

Human bi-pedal walking is nothing short of an engineering miracle. And running? Forget about it! Balance, the shifting of support from one part of the foot to another, and then to the other foot entirely: it’s all mind-bogglingly complex. And when people lose a...