New technique could lead to bionic eyes for improved vision for the blind and visually impaired. Humans augmenting themselves with mechanical, robotic or bionic parts is a popular trope in science ...

For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

It’s been 20 years since Dr. Ed Damiano, who is a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, used his lab to invent the iLet Bionic Pancreas, which is an automated, wearable, and pocket ...

A bionic pancreas—a wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device—that was first developed in a Boston University lab has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...

The world wowed a few years ago when a very clever startup from Bristol, U.K., came up with 3D-printed bionic limbs for amputees. Uniquely, the limbs were lightweight, cheap to make and could even be ...

While many engineers solve problems pertaining to a device or mechanism, it’s not often someone successfully re-engineers the human body, making huge steps in what many engineers and scientists have ...

Bionics is a scientific and technical discipline that takes ideas from biological systems to design engineering systems. It is sometimes called as Biomimetics or Biomimicry. Bionics involves ...