Bionic

LUMI Sleep Mask With LED Lights

LUMI Sleep Mask With LED Lights

Early mornings, who loves them? Dogs, and that’s about it. But with LED lights embedded, the LUMI eye mask – or sleep mask, depending on which side of that word debate you’re on – is meant [...]

eLegs Revolutionary Personal Exoskeleton (video)

eLegs Revolutionary Personal Exoskeleton (video)

Berkley Bionics made the HULC exoskeleton back in 2008, and with what seems like a doubling of their efforts, the newly announced eLEGS is an evolved, complex and usable exoskeleton for day to day use. It [...]

Sensor Gloves Go From Sign Language To Voice In Real Time

Sensor Gloves Go From Sign Language To Voice In Real Time

The problem so far with sensor gloves for translating American Sign Language has been that they only interpret letters, which are signed by quick finger gestures – whereas sign language also has more complex gestures for [...]

Iron Man Suit Closer To Reality With Combat Exoskeleton 2 (video)

Iron Man Suit Closer To Reality With Combat Exoskeleton 2 (video)

The XOS 2,  successor to the first generation combat Exoskeleton, moves faster, packs lighter, can sustain more damage and consumes a lot less energy than its predecessor. Dr. Fraser M Smith, Vice President of Raytheon, the [...]

Sensogloves For Your Future Golfing Grip

Sensogloves For Your Future Golfing Grip

Go high-tech with you golf swing, and never look back. At least that’s the plan of German company Sensosolutions, builders of the Sensogloves – world’s first smart golf club. The fancy mittens come with built-in digital [...]

FDA Approves Eye Telescope

FDA Approves Eye Telescope

This is pretty nuts. The FDA has finally approved surgery for end stage age-related macular degeneration in the form of a eye telescope. Though it’s for one eye only, it can magnify vision 2.2 or 2.7 [...]

Under Armour Recharge Energy Suit

Under Armour Recharge Energy Suit

I loves me some Under Armour gear.  Recently unveiled is the Under Armour Recharge Energy Suit which is constructed using the patented Under Armour Stretch Material and is designed to reduce swelling, soreness and fatigue.  The [...]

TV Ears Let You Stop Cranking The Volume

TV Ears Let You Stop Cranking The Volume

It’s a sad fact of life, folks…as we age, our capabilities become somewhat, well, declined.  Our eyesight is less sharp, we don’t taste things near as vibrantly, walking can be a pain–literally and figuratively.  And of [...]

The Bionic Ear Headphone, For The Amateur Spy

The Bionic Ear Headphone, For The Amateur Spy

All right, spies in the audience, time for you to get your loadout!  No, we don’t have any exploding pens or nerve gas shoe bladders, and don’t even ask where your laser gun is.  We’ve had [...]

Argus II Bionic Eye Gets Successful Test Run

Argus II Bionic Eye Gets Successful Test Run

We’ve talked about the Argus II once before back in March, so this will be an update.  Seems that a test group of thirty two blind folks got implanted with Argus IIs, got their cameras and [...]