Category "Medicine"

Tiny soft starfish-like robots may someday help doctors deliver medicine or perform surgical procedures. They look a little creepy as they open and close, we're not sure we want them...

Here is an awesome fictional advertising campaign for the future. Which procedure would you choose first? Cyber eyes, heart, lungs, spine, or cellular regeneration? The dream of extreme health and...

There are over 2 million amputees in the United States with 185,000 amputations every year. Isn’t it time to update the traditional process of making prosthetics? How about making them...

HAL, the “Hybrid Assistive Limb”, could be the solution to handicap, aging, hiking, and power lifting. Imagine having super strength! How cool will it be to lift very heavy objects...

Kids and adults all over the world who are missing fingers or hands can now have a really cool ”cyborg” hand. Volunteers everywhere with access to 3D printers are printing...

Graduate student Alec Momont from TU Delft in the Netherlands has designed an Ambulance drone to deliver emergency medical equipment and support ten times faster than an ambulance. It’s capable...

We are in the midst of an amazing Medical Technology Revolution where powerful research is uncovering the root causes of disease. We are seeing the development of inexpensive personal diagnostic devices (like...

Severe epilepsy is treated by drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate. This is invasive and risky. A team of...

Last year, a Swedish man became the first person in the world to receive a prosthetic arm with a direct connection to bone, muscle, and nerves.  The man’s arm had...

Here is “Little Moe,” an Ebola-killing machine that can disinfect a hospital room in less than 5 minutes using blasts of xenon light. It is being promoted as a robot,...

A new mobile app starring Dextrobots is aimed at teens who are at risk of abusing over-the-counter medications such as cough syrup. “This is your robot. This is your robot on...

Are you using your 3D printer to pump out plastic gadgets for your robotic projects? Engineering students Arianna McAllister and Lian Leng in Canada have created a 3D printer that...

For years we've been following research projects testing robotic exoskeletons to help people walk. We've been waiting a long time for them to be approved and available. So there was...

Do you know someone needing prostate surgery or a hysterectomy? The da Vinci Surgical System is an exciting, minimally invasive robotic machine being used successfully for prostate, gallbladder, cardiovascular and...