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Bionic Finger ‘Sees’ Inside Objects by Poking Them
A robotic finger’s supersensitive touches could probe inside body parts and circuits Credit: Thomas FuchsHuman fingers don't just sense what a surface feels like. They also tell us a lot about what's underneath it: a really firm handshake, for example, can reveal where some bones are, and, with enough prodding, one can even locate tendons.
Revolutionary “Bionic” Pacemaker Reverses Heart Failure
A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialed in New Zealand heart patients this year. A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialed in New Zealand heart patients this year, following successful animal trials. “Currently, all pacemakers pace the heart metronomically,…
Rare ‘bionic’ armor discovered in 2,500-year-old China burial
Home News The Yanghai burial in northwest China, with the leather scale armor circled in red. (Image credit: Dongliang Xu/Turfan Museum)About 2,500 years ago, a man in northwest China was buried with armor made of more than 5,000 leather scales, a military garment fashioned so intricately, its design looks like the overlapping scales of a…
Bionic Musical Theatre Actress Stars In 5-Part YouTube Series
The Tej Kohli Foundation has released the fifth and final episode of a YouTube mini-series following London-based musical theatre actress Gracie McGonigal for one year as she becomes ‘bionic’ and pursues her career on stage and on screen. The five-part series is available for free on the YouTube channel of the Tej Kohli Foundation. Gracie…