July 8, 2006 6:00 AM PDT
High-tech prosthetics: Out on a limb
- Related Stories
-
Bringing vision to the nearly blind
June 5, 2006 -
This is your brain on a microchip
May 11, 2006 -
MIT group develops 'mind-reading' device
April 4, 2006 -
Chips that really get under your skin
February 8, 2006 -
Prosthetics go high tech
August 3, 2005
Devices like Ossur's Rheo Knee combine software, sensors and processors to help create a more natural gait.
Photos: High-tech prosthetics
The story "High-tech prosthetics: Out on a limb" published July 8, 2006 at 6:00 AM is no longer available on CNET News.
4 comments
Join the conversation!Add your comment (Log in or register)Inside CNET News
1-2 of 12
-
Googleplex expansion to include 'Experience Center,' test labs
Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News.
Cutting Edge
-
Gallery
-
Litigation lunacy: Silicon Valley's lost its collective mind
The dreary details differ, but the same theme informs--we're good, they're bad, and dear judge: would you please kneecap these guys for us?
News Blogs
-
SNL laughs at Verizon confusing 'old people'
To LTE or not to LTE? Verizon mocks Verizon's ad that make no sense whatsoever to real, forlorn human beings.
Technically Incorrect
-
Video
-
Samsung Galaxy Mini may get low-end sibling
The Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500 could make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, according to a leaked promotional image.
Mobile
-
Video
-
Tor anonymity project looks to help Iranians sidestep Net ban
Tor's "obfsproxy" technology would make encrypted data look innocuous and let it dodge government censors. That could help citizens in Iran reach blocked sites as antigovernment protests reportedly loom.
Politics and Law
-
Seminal computer video game Spacewar lives again
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
Cutting Edge
-
Gallery
-
The pool table that levels itself in rough seas
A pool table on a cruise ship is gyroscopically controlled so that it moves with the waves and the balls don't slide at all.
Technically Incorrect
-
Around the world in a solar car
In a two-seater electric car powered only by the sun, a team of German students plan to circumnavigate the world.
The Car Tech blog
I hope there's going to be a way for people don't have $25k - $100k lying around to be able to take advantage of this.
Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com
I hope there's going to be a way for people don't have $25k - $100k lying around to be able to take advantage of this.
Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com
Symbioechs USA. These guys are doing things that will knock your
socks off!
Symbioechs USA. These guys are doing things that will knock your
socks off!