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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race
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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

Britt H. Young talks how the real needs of disabled people can be obscured by high-tech prostheses

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A photograph of a young woman with brown eyes and neck length hair dyed rose gold sits at a white table. In one hand she holds a carbon fiber robotic arm and hand. Her other arm ends near her elbow. Her short sleeve shirt has a pattern on it of illustrated hands.
RoboticsTopicMagazineTypeFeatureOctober 2022

The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

The prosthetics industry is too focused on high-tech limbs that are complicated, costly, and often impractical

12 min read
man holding up hands, one with bionic hand
BiomedicalTopicTypeNews

Should Right-to-Repair Laws Extend to Bionic Body Parts?

An IEEE Spectrum exposé on a bionic vision company raised troubling questions

6 min read
Two headshots side by side show, at left, a man wearing bulky sunglasses with a wire attached to the frame and, at right, a woman whose face is half in shadow. Info for editor if needed: Ross Doerr and Barbara Campbell
TopicMagazineBiomedicalTypeFeatureMarch 2022

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark

18 min read

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