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Youbionic Robot Offers You A Robot Hand or Four!
Youbionic Robot Hands Do you need a hand? How about six of them? Oh, how often have we heard the expression ‘I need an extra pair of hands’. Well now you can hand them, quite literally. Youbionic have revealed their robotic hands that can work in up to 2 pairs, giving…
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Mastercard to Introduce Biometric Credit Cards
MasterCard have revealed a new credit card with an inbuilt biometric fingerprint reader as an additional security means to tackle credit card fraud. The technology works similar to that used on Smartphones where to issue payment, you must have your finger over the sensor to read your print and confirm payment.…
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Man Who Received a Double Hand Transplant Writes Letter of Thanks to Doctors
The first person to have a double hand transplant has written a letter of thanks to the doctors who made it possible. Chris King, the recipient of the transplant, is now able to write letters, hold a cup of tea and form a fist. Things he thought would be impossible…
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New Prosthetic Arms Inspired by Deus Ex
When it comes to video games there are quite a few that feature cybernetics, the idea of robotics designed to act as a replacement for a hand or an arm has featured in many games, but most will remember it as the kind used by Adam Jensen, the main character…
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Apotact Labs Takes ‘Gest Controller’ to Kickstarter
Are you a huge fan of the Nintendo Power Glove and wish that you could use it with your Android or iOS device? Well, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon without some electronics hacking on your part but we did see something that may be almost as good. Apotact…
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Artificial Skin with a Sense Of Touch Being Developed
The technology behind prosthetic limbs has dramatically evolved over time for the benefit of assisting individuals who have had the misfortune of losing a limb. The next step forward to that is a coined Bionic limb that gives the user something akin to natural human skin. This realization looks to…
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New Prosthetic Restores Sense Of Feeling
Medical technology appears in the news every few weeks, for all kinds of reasons, from being able to control them with a cap placed over your head to giving a man who was unable to walk the ability to do so again. The reasons for this constant stream of news is…
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7yr Old Girl Gets 3D Printed Robohand – Only Cost $50 to Produce!
3D printing has revolutionized the world of prosthetics, making prototyping and modifications of prosthetics a much quicker process, while also drastically reducing the cost of creating the required components. After losing her left hand at just 9 months old, now seven years old Faith Lennox just received her new custom-made…
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Valve VR Demo Looks Similar to Myst, Only Extremely Detailed
Valve’s virtual reality setup only allowed you to walk in areas the size of small rooms. This is really an issue today, since a lot of titles, especially fantasy ones, come in vast environments full of rich graphics. The solution seems to come from Cloudhead Games’ The Gallery: Six Elements,…
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Dad 3D Printed A Prosthetic Hand For His Son
We already know that 3D printers are cool, they’ve been put to use for imaginative purposes that we didn’t even think of before there were 3D printers and that trend is showing no sign of slowing down. 3D printing really is the next big thing and as prices for the…
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Corsair Unleash the Vengeance Extreme – The Worlds Fastest Memory Kit
So you’re in the market for some new memory and you want a kit that’s fast? Well normally you’ll be looking at 2133MHz, or 2400MHz, if you’ve got the need for more speed then there is the option of 2666Mhz or 2800MHz. The question is though, what if this is…
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