Posts Tagged ‘ Cyborg ’

Bionic Hands: Soon we will all be cyborgs

A company in the UK called Touch Bionics, has developed the first artificial hand with individually powered digits. The hand is controlled entirely by the nerves that remain in the patients arm. So a person who has this hand installed can receive almost the full use from the prosthetic that they had from their own [ READ MORE ]

Tiny generator runs off of vibrations

Scientists at the University of Southampton, UK have created a tiny generator that can harvest electricity off of minuscule vibrations from its environment. It doesn’t generate a lot of power, but it does generate enough to power sensors installed on heavy machinery and equipment. Eliminating the need to hook those devices up to a battery. [ READ MORE ]

Robotic Falcons to fight Pigeon menace

The city of Liverpool is beginning a campaign to fight the pigeon menace that is plaguing their city. As part of the campaign, they are purchasing 10 robotic falcons to be placed around the city to scare the pigeons away. The flying rats, as many people are calling them, are all getting fat from eating [ READ MORE ]

Cybernetic memory

Back in the 90s a movie came out called Johnny Mnemonic. The movie was based on a short story of the same name by William Gibson. The short story is actually pretty good, and if you haven’t read it, you should. William Gibson writes some of the best cyberpunk stories out there. The movie adaptation [ READ MORE ]

Chinese pigeon cyborgs

A group of Chinese scientists is reporting that they have found a way to control pigeons in flight. they accomplished this by implanting electrodes into the pigeons brain. By sending signals to those electrodes, they can remote control the pigeons while they are flying. The scientists say they have no idea what this technology might [ READ MORE ]