“Someone wakes up and says, ‘Oh my God, I don’t have a leg. What does that even mean?” asks Sengeh, creator of the Human Bionic Project, a tool that logs the progress of replacement body parts that ...

Watching Star Wars recently, I got to thinking about Luke Skywalker's bionic hand. As robots become increasingly dexterous and tactile sensors become smaller and more capable, the essential components ...

The "body parts" come from 17 manufacturers around the world. NEW YORK (AP) -- Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, after all. We have the technology. The term "bionic man" was the stuff of science fiction ...

Most Americans had never heard the word bionic until the TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man” came on the air in 1974. But bionics was common decades before that, in ways that affected average people: ...

JERUSALEM (CBS/AP) Will robotic pants one day help the paralyzed walk? Well actually, they already exist, thanks to Amit Goffer, an Isreali entrepreneur, who refused to take his paralysis sitting down ...

"This tactile technology opens up a non-optical way for the nondestructive testing of the human body and flexible electronics," says Luo. "Next, we want to develop the bionic finger’s capacity for ...

Darth Vader had bionic legs. Neo had implants installed in his neck and back. The Six Million Dollar Man had some work done. While in books and film sci-fi has come a long way in developing bionic ...

An international research team involving scientists from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the United States has made a remarkable breakthrough in bionic arm technology. Their pioneering work has led to ...

Microprocessors are being used to replace and renew body parts thus creating bionic limbs, functions and systems. The use of microprocessors in prosthesis has created appendages that can “literally” ...

DAYTON, Tenn. — Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic arms, but he can climb a ladder at his house and apply a fresh coat of paint. He’s also good with a weed-whacker, bending his elbow and rotating his ...

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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The Bionic Body gym in Hermosa Beach is using resistance bands in a creative new way to give people across all fitness levels dynamic workouts. "The Biggest Loser" ...