CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows you the latest in prosthetic technology: bionic hands controlled from an iPhone app. (from YouTube)
ReWalk™ is a wheelchair alternative for individuals with severe walking impairments, enabling them to stand, walk, ascend/descent stairs and more. The video shows Radi Kaiof, a former Israeli paratrooper who was injured on duty. He demonstrates…
“What the Hell is happening to health care?” “And is it an Opportunity or a Threat?” Insights by Wayne Caswell, Founder of Modern Health Talk. An awful lot has changed in just the last few years…
Taking clothes on and off are essential activities in daily life, but for elderly and physically challenged people this can be difficult due to limited mobility in the upper limbs. A Breakthrough in Robotics: WAM™ Arms…
By Chris Miller (original at HealthWorksCollective) A new robotic device designed to help those with paraplegia stand and function as if they were walking is expected to hit the market as early as next month. Known…
Before Steve Jobs died, he introduced the Apple iPhone at the Macworld convention in January 2007. The first iPhone units actually shipped to the public on June 29, 2007, so today marks the 10th iPhone anniversary. This is a good time to look back…
Step by step, bionic engineers are transforming lives in ways that barely could have been imagined until recently. This CBS News story is about bionic limbs that replace wheelchairs, retinal implants that bring sight to the…
