Bionics
The exoskeleton marathon racer6:50
How do you bounce back from a life-changing car accident? Adam Gorlitsky decided he would break a world record.
The paralyzed racer going faster than ever5:17
This daredevil wouldn't let anything slow him down—not even a devastating bike accident.
These gloves can teach you to play the piano. And maybe heal your brain.7:03
Through "passive haptic learning", these gloves can teach you how to play the piano in an hour. Braille in four hours. Now researchers want to see if victims of traumatic brain injuries can use these gloves to re-learn critical skills.
Bionic prosthetic grants amputee musician a rocking encore
How might your life change if you lost an arm? After losing his right arm in an electrical accident, Jason wasn’t...
Our cyborg future is coming (and that’s not a bad thing)3:39
Hollywood loves to sensationalize merging the body with advanced tech. But will it really be so bad?
Father creates bionic organ for son5:08
A father’s quest to help his son with diabetes could change the lives of millions of people who suffer from the disease.
This is our superhuman future
With Thanksgiving winding down, take some time to join us on a journey to the frontier of medical technology.
Meet the wounded veteran using bionics to take back his independence
Jerral lost his left arm in Iraq. Now he's working with a team from Johns Hopkins to test a prosthetic arm that...
This week in ideas: Reasons to feel good about humanity
A paralyzed woman runs a half marathon in an exoskeleton, Sri Lanka defeats malaria, incomes are rising. Here's...
How do we scale bionic technology?
Right now, assistive bionic technology is really cool and really expensive. This is how it will get better and...