Bionics

A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during physical rehabilitation.

A brain-zapping "memory prosthesis" funded by DARPA improved trial participants' ability to retain new information by more than 50%.

The AI-powered Neural Sleeve electrically stimulates the leg muscles to help people with mobility issues walk faster and longer.

Mojo Vision’s smart contact lens has finally made the leap to human testing, bringing the future of AR a major step closer.

A robotic finger can feel like a part of our hand after just a short time using it, suggesting that our brains can "own" extra body parts.

Virtual and augmented reality have had false starts, but AR eyewear will soon replace the smartphone as our interface for digital content.

After creating a bionic hand for himself, Peruvian engineer Enzo Romero launched a company to sell the low-cost prosthetics to others.

A spinal cord stimulator is helping a woman who was bedridden for 18 months because she fainted every time she stood up regain her mobility.

New approaches to curing blindness are heralding a future in which fewer people have to live life completely in the dark.

A robot fish that uses human heart cells to swim has put scientists one step closer to growing full-size hearts in the lab.