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EES Packs Circuits Onto Skin: Beginning of the Modern Cyborg

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There’s a new process called EES (Electrical Epidermal System) which allows scientists to apply circuits and electrical components directly to skin, which could be big news for medical sensors, but it could also potentially lead to LED tattoos, integrated video game interfaces and more.…

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August 13th, 2011 by: Range

Woman Wants to Have Prosthetic Eye-Camera: the Fifteen Thousand Dollar Woman

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I’m sure some of you still remember Rob Spence and his Eyeborg project, which aims to develop a video camera that fits in a prosthetic eye, effectively substituting for the one Spence lost when he was a kid. Now, a woman named Tanya Marie Vlach wants the exact same thing…

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July 14th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Japanese HAL Robo-Suit Exoskeleton to Carry Disabled Man Up Mountain

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This robotic exoskeleton, like most exoskeletons, can give anyone who wears it a lot of extra strength. Enough strength to carry a paralyzed man up a mountain. At least that’s what’s going to happen with this particular suit.…

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July 5th, 2011 by: Range

PossessedHand: I Swear I Didn’t Flip You Off

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PossessedHand is a device that will make your fingers move by themselves. It’s supposed to help you learn certain tasks that are complicated to learn. It was developed by researchers at Tokyo University and Sony.…

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June 27th, 2011 by: Range

Life-Sized Dalek Replica: Exterminate!

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While it was revealed that the Daleks would not be seen in the current series of Doctor Who… on BBC, that doesn’t stop the awesomeness of this full scale replica from ‘This Planet Earth LTD’. To top it all off, it’s an official replica, not just some fan-made thing.

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June 2nd, 2011 by: Range

Modern Cyborg: Amputee Demonstrates Bionics

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It looks like cyborgs are among us, thanks to bionic prosthetics that amputees can now have attached to replace their missing limbs. The BBC is reporting about the cases of two elective amputees, who had lost the ability to use their hands. Instead, chose to replace their non-functioning hands with…

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May 19th, 2011 by: Range

x-Ar Exoskeleton Arm Gives Arms Super Strength

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Ever since I saw an exoskeleton in Aliens…, I wondered why there weren’t any real ones around. Over the last decade, actual working exoskeletons have started to appear, albeit in a smaller fashion. This one is only for your arm to help you lift very heavy things.

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March 11th, 2011 by: Range

Computer So Tiny, It Could Fit in Your Eye!

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The University of Michigan has announced that it has developed a computer that’s so small that it could potentially be implanted into the eyes of glaucoma patients in order to monitor the overall eye pressure.…

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February 24th, 2011 by: Range

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Geek Tattoo: the Cyborg Underneath [NSFW]

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(Warning, don’t scroll down if you’re offended by side-boob.)…
This has to be one of the more unusual tattoos I’ve seen in a while. Is this girl really a steampunk cyborg, or does she just have a really good tattoo artist?

I can’t imagine how painful it was to have

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September 1st, 2010 by: Range

Cyborg Plant Goes on Walkabout

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This robotic plant can go on walkabout whenever it pleases. It was created by the Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza, who specializes in thought-provoking robot creations, as well as mechanical sculptures.

The Plantas Nomadas robot plant is part robot, part plant. I guess that’s kind of obvious from the name. It’s…

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April 8th, 2010 by: Range

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