by The Curious Technologist | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
sagansense: How to Give Prosthetic Hands Touch Sense Although prosthetic hands give amputees a way to grasp objects, they do not offer a sense of touch. That means the person has to watch his or her robotic hand as it reaches to push or pick up an item. Now...
by The Curious Technologist | Oct 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
neuromorphogenesis: A blueprint for restoring touch with a prosthetic hand New research at the University of Chicago is laying the groundwork for touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs that one day could convey real-time sensory information to amputees via a direct...
by The Curious Technologist | Oct 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
neuromorphogenesis: “Pop, Pop, Pop.” She Heard Her Brain in Action In November of last year, Jan Scheuermann did something she never thought she would do again: She fed herself a piece of chocolate. For the last decade Scheuermann, 54, has been a prisoner in her own...
by The Curious Technologist | Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
futurescope: Google Glass proof of concept – Philips Healthcare First healthcare wearable display proof of concept using Google Glass to send real time Philips Intellivue Solutions data. Join the conversation on LinkedIn Innovations in...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
The key to great design in tech: make it invisible. Corning seems to take this literally. Come on, future! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)