Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have developed the first microchip valve powered by living cells. Earthworm muscle tissue allowed for a high co... Read more
The smallest aerial drones mimic insects in many ways, but none can match the efficiency and maneuverability of the dragonfly. Now, engineers at Draper are creating a new kind of hybrid dron... Read more
TAU researchers combine electronics with living tissues to create a self-regulating cardiac patch More than 25% of the people on the national US waiting list for a heart will die before rece... Read more
No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking th... Read more
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise... Read more
Remotely controlled cockroaches Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments – such as collapsed buildings – based on... Read more
Cyborgs are truly a fundamental phenomenon in philosophical discussions. Cyborgs are gradually working their way into our lives. The general representation of a cyborg is that seen in scienc... Read more
Nigel Ackland could be mistaken for a cyborg. He has a high-tech robotic hand that looks like it started life as a Formula 1 car and its movements are alarmingly lifelike. It’s called the “b... Read more
Scientists have created a biofuel cell that lives inside a snail. It’s not just to be a mad scientist–the snail’s electricity can be used to power tiny video cameras. The next snail yo... Read more
Has the potential to one day allow nerves to be connected directly to artificial limbs Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a breakthrough in prosthetics that may one da... Read more
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a power supply that relies just on the insect‘s normal feeding. Recognizing that using a real insect is much easier t... Read more
There are over one million household robots, and 1.1 million industrial robots, operating worldwide They learn to speak, write, and do arithmetic. They have a phenomenal memory. If one read... Read more
The university is now pursuing a patent for the technology Insects have served as the inspiration for a number of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) that could be deployed to monitor hazardous... Read more
