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In 2001, the Dobelle Institute in New York developed an artificial eye can draw outlines of objects and therefore help the blind to distinguish their surroundings. The prosthesis consists of a pair of glasses on fixing a video camera and a detector distances. The camera records the environment and the sensor calculates the length distance [...]

The next step is to enable amputees perceive new sensations such as temperature, pressure … The Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins University plans to have prepared a prosthesis of this kind next year. From a team of researchers led by Douglas H. Smith, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, is engaged in developing an [...]

Biotechnology applied to overcome disabilities From pacemakers to hearing aids through artificial limbs. Technology has made so real feats of eliminating physical disabilities and disadvantages of people. “We are approaching the bionic man with whom he has always dreamed of science fiction? For years, the biotechnology research works on the development of prosthetic devices that [...]

It is not science fiction, despite appearances. Rebuilding parts of the body man missing at birth or lost as a result of an accident, or Cancer is not only an inspiration to the writers of Star Trek, but for researchers from around of the world who already have at hand a handful amazing project based [...]