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An effort to help someone walk
Bangalore :: India | 2 months ago
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The joy of about 20 physically-challenged people from various places in and around Bangalore knew no bounds when they were able to walk, thanks to Round Table India and Ladies Circle India. Prosthetic limbs known as Jaipur limbs were donated as part
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Scant help for South Sudani¿½s disabled
Jūbā :: Sudan | 3 months ago
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Tens of thousands of people disabled by shrapnel and landmines during South Sudan's two-decade-long war with Sudan and thousands more disabled through disease and accidents are struggling to find support in Africa's newest country, where proper
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First bionic hand that can feel
Indeed, this is an age of science and technology. There are always new inventions to benefit mankind. The latest invention, the first bionic hand, allows an amputee to feel what he/she is touching. The first bionic hand will be transplanted
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Paralysed people could get movement back through thought-control
Lausanne :: Switzerland | 3 months ago
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Guardian Scientists have moved closer to allowing paralysed people to control artificial limbs with their thoughts following a breakthrough in technology that gave rats an extra sense. A brain implant that allows the animals to "feel" the presence of
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Disabled Turtle Yu Given Prosthetic Flippers
Okinawa :: Japan | 3 months ago
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A loggerhead turtle thought to have had her front limbs partly severed in a shark attack has been given a new pair of artificial flippers...The new ones are attached to a vest slipped over her head, said Naoki Kamezaki, curator at an aquarium near
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Scientists create bionic body using artificial limbs and organs
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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28 January 2013 It cost six million dollars to create bionic superhero Steve Austin. Scientists however have built a man from artificial limbs for a sixth of the price. Known as Rex short for robotic exoskeleton his 6ft frame is made up of an array
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This new artificial limb is powered by rocket fuel
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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The new device could usher in the next generation of prosthetics powerful and light-weight artificial limbs that will look and function more like the real thing. Somewhat surprisingly, the human ankle supplies more energy to the process of walking
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Best foot forward
Chennai :: India | 9 months ago
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Mukti, which provides prosthesis to the needy free of cost, gets a Scottish touch to its process Andrew Hunter, Astrid Blake, Frances Timmons and Katy Leslie, senior undergraduate bio-medical students of University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland,
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Pistorius still subject of scientists' debate
Pretoria :: South Africa | 11 months ago
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Patrick Lannin Reuters Published Wednesday, Jun. 27 2012, 12:26 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 27 2012, 12:36 AM EDT While South African athlete Oscar Pistorius attempts to become the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympic Games,
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Giants of Web activate new Internet address book
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Its the day the Internet gets some more legroom, headspace, and elbowroom too. Internet pioneer Vint Cerfcalls it the launch of the 21st century Internet,but whats really happening is that a number of Internet giants Google and AT&T and Comcast and
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