This is the heartwarming moment a six-year-old girl is overcome with emotion when she discovers she has raised the £10,000 needed to have a bionic arm fitted. Footage shows Eloise Clark, from Lincoln in Lincolnshire, burst into tears of joy after her mother Charlotte, 27, confirms they have raised the money needed for her new state-of-the-art prosthetic in … Read more
A Texan man has built his own bionic hand using artificial intelligence (AI) after three years of research. After finding most bionic hands can cost up to $150,000, Ryan Saavedra, 27, set out to create one at a fraction of the cost. The prosthetic he created, called the Globally Available Robotic Arm (GARA), measures electrical … Read more
An internationally renowned pianist who lost dexterity in his hands — and the ability to play his instrument — is finally able to perform again after being fitting with bionic gloves. Returning to his passion after two decades of limitations was undoubtedly an emotional moment for 80-year-old conductor João Carlos Martins, who was left unable … Read more
It has been more than 10 years in the making, but scientists are preparing to implant a ‘bionic eye’ in a human subject. Researchers at Monash University have developed wireless implants that sit on the surface of the brain, which are said to restore vision to the blind. Called Gennaris bionic vision system, it includes … Read more
Pink took to Instagram to update her nearly 8million Instagram followers on husband Carey Hart’s ‘successful’ rotator cuff surgery on Wednesday. ‘My man baby. I love him so. Successful surgery and now, let the healing begin. #bionicman #rotatorcuff #nurseratchetwillseeyounow,’ captioned the 40-year-old singer. She included a victorious, shirtless snapshot of Hart, 45, lying in his hospital … Read more
A bionic eye that is as sensitive as the human retina could give millions of people the chance to see again — and will be available in just five years, a study reports. Named EC-EYE — short for ‘ElectroChemical EYE’ — the eerie bio-mimetic device is around an inch wide and was built by researchers … Read more
A British teenager born with only one hand is learning to ride a bike after being fitted with the world’s first medically-certified 3D-printed bionic hand. Fourteen-year-old Aimee Ashton, a talented art student from Hull, was born with part of her arm missing and no left hand. Aimee had previously used prosthetic arms but stopped using … Read more
A video shows an incredible bionic arm moving ‘like a human hand’ controlled by the patient’s thoughts. The modern prosthetic, designed by engineers, gives hope to amputees who have to rely on plastic moulds with barely any dexterity. Scientists created a so-called ‘nerve interface’ which picks up tiny electrical signals coming from the remaining nerves of … Read more