This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves
A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move......»»
Future AirPods may ID wearer and tailor features to protect owner"s privacy
If future AirPods do not recognize who is wearing them, they could automatically block personal information such as Siri relaying text messages.Detail from the patent showing a user wearing AirPodsMaybe you're not very likely to casually hand over yo.....»»
Vision Pro may use sensors to react to wearer"s stress or attention span
Alongside presenting information to the user, a future Apple Vision Pro may scan user health metrics like temperature or heart rate, and alter what is being displayed based on what it can sense.Tell us this person isn't at least startled by what Visi.....»»
Apple researching a Smart Ring for notifications and controlling other devices
A newly-granted Apple patent proposes a Smart Ring that would give Apple Watch-style haptic notifications, and let the wearer press on the surface to respond.One proposed design for a Smart RingEither Apple is going to release a Smart Ring or someone.....»»
How to Make Bionic Limbs (Literally) Very Cool
Temperature is one of the hardest aspects of touch to re-create for prosthetic users. This tiny patch could help people with amputated limbs sense coldness......»»
This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves
A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move......»»
Commitment of human mesenchymal stromal cells to skeletal lineages is independent of their morphogenetic capacity: Study
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent cell populations obtained from fetal and adult tissues. They share some characteristics with limb bud mesodermal cells such as differentiation potential into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and tenogenic lin.....»»
Autonomously switchable polymer materials developed for wearable medical devices
Wearable medical devices, such as the soft exoskeletons that provide support for stroke patients or controlled drug delivery patches, have to be made of materials that can adapt intelligently and autonomously to the wearer's movements and to changing.....»»
Apple"s Alan Dye talks Vision Pro goals and that "see-through" display
Apple design chief Alan Dye says showing a Apple Vision Pro wearer's eyes was "a UI for those around you," and took years to create.Source: AppleAlan Dye is the Vice President of Human Interface Design at Apple and in a new podcast interview has conf.....»»
Biologists identify mechanical waves involved in limb regeneration in zebrafish
A team of molecular and cellular biologists from several institutions in Taiwan and one in the Philippines has identified some of the mechanical waves involved in the regeneration of amputated tailfins in zebrafish. In their study, reported in the jo.....»»
Apple wants to make an Apple Watch screen that wraps all the way around the wrist
In the future, an Apple Watch screen could completely wrap the wearer's wrist, and information could be shown all the way around.More than displaying information on a band, the whole Watch could be a wraparound strapApple has already been researching.....»»
3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright
"Lucy’s muscles suggest that she was as proficient at bipedalism as we are." 3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, aka "Lucy." Credit: Ashleigh Wiseman.....»»
I hated 3D movies, until Disney"s live action "Little Mermaid"
3D movies suck for me. As a glasses-wearer whose best attempt at contact lenses was almost an episode of ER (still out here with ER references!), I've got to pop those wraparound bad boys over my own frames. It's not subtle. Notting Hill-era Hugh Gra.....»»
Research reveals ants inflict pain with neurotoxins
University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world's most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom. This research is published in Nature Communications......»»
Scientists expand understanding of limb evolution in earliest birds
The assembly of the volant bird body plan from the ancestral bulky dinosaurian condition is an enduring topic of evolutionary biology. The body plan of volant birds demonstrates a pronounced decrease in body size and proportionate elongation of the f.....»»
Plants can distinguish when touch starts and stops
Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a Washington State University-led study has found......»»
Examining the developmental regulatory mechanism of limb loss in squamates
The development of limbs is significant for the origin and evolution of tetrapods, providing multiple functions and capabilities. Although limb loss has occurred in many clades to adapt to new environments, it is particularly common in Squamata, whic.....»»
Shaking roofs, frayed nerves as Mexico"s "Popo" volcano rumbles
Miguel Angel Atenco tries to ignore the vibrations, falling ash and fiery night-time shows from the volcano towering over his Mexican town, and carry on selling tacos as usual......»»
Your Pixel phone will soon be watching out for your ear health
It appears that one of the features that Google is working on for its Pixel phones could come in the form of loud sound alerts. One of the features of the Apple Watch is the ability to let the wearer know when they are in an environment w.....»»
Super-charged textile repairs itself, monitors heart rhythm
Scientists from around the world have developed a simple metallic coating treatment for clothing or wearable textiles which can repair itself, repel bacteria from the wearer and even monitor a person's electrocardiogram (ECG) heart signals......»»
Newly discovered electrical activity within cells could change the way researchers think about biological chemistry
The human body relies heavily on electrical charges. Lightning-like pulses of energy fly through the brain and nerves and most biological processes depend on electrical ions traveling across the membranes of each cell in our body......»»