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Born to Run

Born to Run
Microchips promise to make artificial legs as good as new. Fast-forward amputees are remaking life and limb on their own. The race is on.

Posted by rshah on October 05, 2001| Comments (0)

Real-Life Cyborg Challenges Reality With Technology

Posted by rshah on September 25, 2001| Comments (0)

TSAS vest for pilots

TSAS vest for pilots
It's not only lauded as a savior for pilots, but also as the next big thing in the video game industry and the latest Internet sex toy. The vest comes equipped with a number of tactors -- tactile stimulators -- sewn into it. These can be programmed to send off vibrations that "tickle" the wearer. The Navy is interested in the vest as an orientation tool for pilots with vertigo -- those who have lost the sense of where their up and their down is.

Posted by rshah on June 08, 2001| Comments (0)

Skim.com: Clothing with IDs

Skim.com: Clothing with IDs
Skim.com markets personalized I.D.-tagged clothing: jackets and shirts and bags and skirts, each one individually marked with a unique number and the skim.com URL. Each I.D. number, in turn, correlates to a skim.com e-mail address. If someone sends a note to your I.D. number, it will be forwarded to your skim.com e-mail address. Your clothes are, essentially, telling everyone how to get in touch with you without revealing exactly who you are.

Posted by rshah on February 26, 2001| Comments (0)

DARPA is soliciting proposals to develop an "exoskeleton

DARPA is soliciting proposals to develop an "exoskeleton
The exoskeleton itself is a frame that fits over the body. Designed to be smart and strong -- and, as DARPA said on its website, to provide "increased unit survivability and lethality" -- it is supposed to help its wearers move faster and farther with heavier loads and larger weaponry.

Posted by rshah on January 24, 2001| Comments (0)