Tag: PARAPLEGIC

Scientists have successfully demonstrated amazing advancements in prosthetics and other technologies for the disabled in recent years. Electrical impulse technology and mind control systems certainly provide hope for the future, but some analysts believe it could be decades before controllable prostheses and commercial, self-contained options become feasible. According to the BBC, however, ...

Scientists continue their quest for the elusive art of mind control. Recently, researchers at UCLA and the California Institute of Technology have helped patients manipulate images on a computer by teaching them to control the firing of specific neurons in their brains. With the aid of their research team, UCLA professor of neurosurgery Itzhak Fried and Caltech neuroscientist Christof Koch ...

In San Francisco yesterday, Berkeley Bionics showed off its new eLEGS bionic exoskeleton, which will allow paraplegics to stand and walk without human assistance. The 45-pound robo-braces are made from steel and carbon fiber, and can operate for six hours on a single charge using lithium-ion battery packs, according to Engadget. The eLEGS are adjustable for users between 5'2" and 6'4" and ...

A pair of battery-powered bionic legs developed in New Zealand could help paraplegics to walk again, and, in turn, send wheelchairs to the junkyard. According to Engadget, the Rex robotic exoskeleton is operated using a simple joystick and control pad, and it can support the weight of a full-grown adult. Each pair of legs is custom-built to suit an individual's unique stature (the guy pictured ...

While it is the stuff of 'Johnny Mnemonic,' 'eXistenZ' and a host of other cyberpunk cyborg films, hacking nerves might actually emerge as one of the next great advances in the study of neuropathy. In a study from 2006, researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland gave one unidentified paraplegic patient the ability to move their normally motionless knee at the touch of a button. ...

Technology allowing paraplegics to operate the right pedal of a piano has been developed by a team of scientists in Heidelberg Germany, trumping earlier systems which didn't allow for half pedal or flutter variations. The device consists of a tiny remote module that's placed inside the pianist's right cheek, and a wireless transmitter and motor attached to the pedals of the piano. A small ...