Machining aircraft parts out of giant metal billets is time-consuming, wasteful of material and very expensive – but still, for the most part, necessary. Despite significant advances in the past two ...

To address key limitations in traditional bionic image design, including the lack of quantitative analysis of user preferences and the poor controllability of AI-driven picture generation, which often ...

Motorcycling as a sport and a pastime is often relegated to those of us who have typical limb structure. The advent of computer imaging and 3-D printing, along with increasing processing power and ...

CENIT (Stuttgart, Germany) reported Feb. 20 concrete initial results in the EU’s ground-breaking Bionic Aircraft project. The results include software for automated recognition of topologically ...

Most of us do not think twice about picking up a cup of coffee, sending a quick text or carrying groceries in from the car. For people who use prosthetic hands, though, these everyday tasks can be a ...

DaimlerChrysler is using a new concept vehicle to examine the great potential of bionics for automobile development, and has achieved outstanding results for fuel consumption and emissions with a ...

Carangidae fish feature streamlined, oval, or rhomboid bodies with flat and high sides, making them adept at swimming swiftly through water with minimal resistance. Dielectric elastomers (DEs), known ...

In an interview with Wired published today, Apple’s VP of product marketing, Phil Schiller and Anand Shimpi from the company’s Platform Architecture team give a detailed look at how they are ...

Pysonic's Ability Hand uses sensory feedback utilizing low-cost pressure sensors on each finger tip. All five fingers can individually flex and extend, and the thumb rotates, too. Most commercially ...

These days, Hugh Herr, an associate professor of media arts and sciences at MIT, gets about 100 emails daily from people across the world interested in his bionic limbs. Messages pour in from amputees ...