Ekso Bionics has been showing its powered exoskeletion (formerly called “eLEGS”) for people normally bound to wheelchairs for a little while now, but at the TED MED 2011 conference this past October, ...

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Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Augmenting Humans. A new surgery maintains the sensation of limb control after an amputation. When paired with a bionic leg designed by MIT's Hugh Herr, amputees ...

Prosthetic limbs have been around for centuries, but the prosthetics of today don't look like those from your grandfather's day. These days limbs can be bionic, almost seamlessly blending in with ...