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Global Future 2045 takes a hard look at today
Frank Tobe
23 Jun 2013
Dmitry Itskov, a wealthy Russian Internet entrepreneur, hosted and sponsored last weekend's Global Future 2045, an event organized to highlight the state of present day science and its relentless expo...
Iceland’s Össur wins PopSci “Best of What’s New” award for Symbionic Leg
Frank Tobe
23 Nov 2012
Iceland’s Össur, a company which develops, manufactures and sells non-invasive orthopaedic and bionic prosthetics, received a Popular Science Magazine’s 2012 “Best of What’s New” award for ...
Man climbs Chicago skyscraper with bionic leg
Andra Keay
05 Nov 2012
CHICAGO (AP) — The metal on Zac Vawter bionic leg gleamed as he climbed 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, becoming the first person ever to complete the task wearing a mind-controlled pro...
A robot ankle for amputees
John Payne
01 Sep 2012
"Until recently, an artificial leg was an inert object—a clunky piece of wood or plastic that supported a user, but didn't help much beyond that. But these days artificial limbs can contain advanced...
