Project aims to give amputees better mobility, less discomfort
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A Providence-based research consortium has received $7.2 million in funding for a project to restore arm and leg function to amputees, particularly those who lost limbs in wars.
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An art project's platform curb kickers give streetwalkers high-tech tools to make the world's oldest profession a little less dangerous.
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Gyroscopically balanced scooters have given disabled people a new grasp on mobility.
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A Colorado program may help with the balance and posture problems encountered by people suffering from Sensory Processing Disorder. In Bodyhack.
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A new robotic device is designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms
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FOUR people have controlled a computer using their thoughts and an electrode-studded thinking cap. US researchers said the set-up could help disabled people operate a motorised wheelchair or artificial limb.
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Idaho State University has received an $842,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic hand that, rather than simply being attached, will be implanted and provide a sense of touch and temperature sensation by converting impulses sent to and from the brain.
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Science & environment: A knee brace which can charge mobile phones and medical devices as you walk has been developed
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Researchers train a monkey to feed itself by guiding a mechanical arm with its mind. It could be a big step forward for prosthetics. By David Cohn.
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The federal government has approved plans to deploy a robot developed to help stroke victims gain control of arm muscles.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday they approved a new device that could help save the arms and legs of injured soldiers and trauma victims.
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For some amputees in a rehabilitation exercise room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recovery means choosing to return to active duty in the U.S. Army.
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Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.
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The question of whether prosthetic limbs confer an advantage over able-bodied runners remains shrouded in confusion.
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NEW YORK  - Early tests are raising hopes  that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal  cord.
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By JANET FRANKSTON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  The next generation of physical rehabilitation, brewing in computer engineering labs, uses technology found in virtual reality games.
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Healthcare workers who handle patients with hard-to-find veins are getting a little help from a new device that offers something like X-ray vision to make precise needle sticks.