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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A Half Polypous, Utterly Alien Entity
Producing Casting Call of Cthulhu failed to provoke insanity, although watching it drove a few people crazy, and the Bad Advice for Good Times crew lived to film again. The new short was colour tran… more →
Casting Call of Cthulhu
Someone Else's Nipples 2
Herbwoman wrote 1 day ago: I’ve got to say that my meeting with Beach Gal (she asked that I not mention her name), was pr … more →
Someone Else's Nipples
Herbwoman wrote 3 days ago: The topic I’m revisiting today is prosthetic nipples. I just got off the phone with a woman wh … more →
Someone Is Killing The Purple Giraffes.
nutmegpolymath wrote 4 days ago: Neil Harbisson is an emerging installation artist in the European art scene; he is also the world … more →
Re-evaluating body and material
designabilities wrote 4 days ago: [Benetton; Food for Life; Campaign 2003 ] We have been discussing the corelation of “disabili … more →
A Tad Bit Nipply
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Herbwoman wrote 1 week ago: Remember that classic Christmas son “All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)? Well, a … more →
iPhone as a Hearing Aid?
designabilities wrote 1 week ago: [picture: soundAMP; AppStore] iPhone’s App Store recently added soundAMP, a hearing aid appli … more →
Redefining what the body can be
designabilities wrote 3 weeks ago: [picture: cover of I.D. magazine] In her recent TED talk, record-breaking Aimee Mullins (paralymp … more →
Gino Acevedo, Master Creature Maker
goremasterfx wrote 4 weeks ago: Weta Worshop’s Senior Prosthetics Supervisor and Visual Creature Effects Art Director, Gino Acevedo … more →
Three paws better than four?
willow727 wrote 1 month ago: We are in the middle of our Locomotion module now, and we have just been given a brief talk about am … more →
In the News: Artificial Muscles Get Stronger
stateoftomorrow wrote 1 month ago: Using thin sheets of carbon nanotubes, researchers at UT Dallas have developed artificial muscles th … more →
Poker in the front, liquor in the rear, and keep your dirty dentures to yourself!
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jessica o wrote 1 month ago: It is against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas. I guess Sin City wants you to keep your c … more →
RAPHaEl, the air-powered robotic hand + the history of 'bionic hand' prosthetics!
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handfacts wrote 2 months ago: The new ‘bionic hand‘ was created by the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory of the … more →
Houston Rockets Star Injured in Cybernetic Leg Accident
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Skip Dekades wrote 2 months ago: May 7, 2029—Federal investigators are trying to determine what caused Houston Rockets superstar Jord … more →
Obama promises major investment in science
vascoteixeira wrote 2 months ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promised a new era of science and technology for the nation … more →
Weta Workshop designs mermaid tail for amputee
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bfarrar wrote 2 months ago: Weta Workshop, known for their special effects on the Lord of the Rings films, designed a mermaid … more →
There have been about 40 hand transplants around the world!
handfacts wrote 2 months ago: In 1998 surgeons in France have carried out the world’s first hand transplant. In 1998 th … more →
. . . We Robots . . .
atothertotheden wrote 2 months ago: I am admittedly, somewhat of a Discovery Channel and National Geographic nut. Science and science … more →
Cybernetic eYe inSert
eyemakeart wrote 2 months ago: cybernetic eye insert … more →
A Question of Mind Over Matter
mind123 wrote 3 months ago: MIT assistant professor Hugh Herr is an advanced prosthetics researcher and a bilateral leg amputee, … more →
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