77 Mass Ave Building a better gait Affordable prosthetic foot mimics natural walking. by Jennifer Chu 2018-08-22T00:00:00-04:00
77 Mass Ave Prosthetics You Can Feel Surgery could give amputees sensory feedback from their prosthetic limbs. by Anne Trafton 2017-08-16T07:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Robotic Arm Delivers Sense of Touch Straight to the Brain Tapping the sensory cortex is the route to rediscovering feeling. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-14T11:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life How to Give Fake Hands Real Feeling In Zhenan Bao’s lab at Stanford, researchers are inventing materials for touch-sensitive prosthetics. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk Still pricier than motorized wheelchairs, SuitX’s Phoenix exoskeleton weighs just 27 pounds and is custom-fit to the user’s body. by Signe Brewster 2016-02-01T07:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Recommended Reads on the Robot and AI Beat This Week A roundup of interesting stories on robotics and artificial intelligence from other sites, collected by Will Knight, MIT Technology Review’s senior editor for AI. by Will Knight 2016-01-05T09:31:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Soft Robotic Glove Could Put Daily Life Within Patients’ Grasp The latest in assistive technology is a lightweight glove that helps patients with limited mobility grab and pick up objects. by Anna Nowogrodzki 2015-06-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A 3-D-Printed Implant Saves Lives Doctors rescue boys by propping open their airways using stents made via 3-D printing. by Karen Weintraub 2015-04-30T18:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Paralyzed Again We have the technology to dramatically increase the independence of people with spinal-cord injuries. The problem is bringing it to market and keeping it there. by Brian Bergstein 2015-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Startup Makes 'Wireless Router for the Brain' Kendall Research’s devices could make optogenetics research much more practical. by Courtney Humphries 2012-01-23T00:00:00-05:00