When he was 27, snow cross racer Mike Schultz (who got the nickname "Monster Mike" because of his renowned fearlessness) drifted off course in a race, flew off his snowmobile, and obliterated his knee. It required multiple surgeries and multiple days in a coma to save his life. Ultimately, his medical team had to amputate his leg.
It's no longer science fiction, it's non-fiction and it's on display here in the Bay Area during the second annual Humanoids Summit in Mountain View. What started as an independent event last year, has grown to an international conference. Founder Modar Alaoui says it's bigger, better and with even more robots on display. "The entire ecosystem is moving at a very fast and rapid rate - in the data space, in the tele-op space," Alaoui said. "There's new categories, also, in the home."
As I was about to return fire, something hit me," Green said. "Later [I learned] it was the blast, the RPG. When I was in the hospital, I decided to look down. That's when I realized that my left arm, my dominant arm, was shorter.
I didn't even know that I could do it, Simpson told ETonline during the show's premiere. I haven't acted in so long and normally I play the ditzy blonde, but this time I come in very vulnerable. It's very emotional. I didn't know I could cry on cue, and somehow I did it, she continued. So, I impressed myself. And then I go, bat st crazy. You're gonna see a brand new side of me.
MIAMI - I am watching a man paralyzed from the neck down lift an artificial arm by merely thinking about do so. I am watching another quadriplegic play drums thanks to similar microchip in his brain. I am listening to doctors talk of hypothermia protocol, brain-computer interface and how artificial intelligence will help change the wheelchair world. "What do you think?" a scientist asks. "This is the greatest sports story of my lifetime," I say.
With new wireless chips implanted behind their eyes and high-tech glasses, around 30 people with advanced age-related macular degeneration - a common eye disease - have regained their ability to read again. The device is the first of its kind to bring back functional sight, albeit blurry and only black and white, to patients with this type of incurable vision loss.
Some might think that they're unfamiliar with Gein's story, but what's far more likely is that you're aware of his saga, you just didn't know that it was his. Psycho 's Norman Bates is famously based on Gein, with other major pop culture films pulling from his history - but far more loosely - as well. What's discussed far less often is the true story of a mentally ill man with an abusive and then devastating relationship with his mother.
Each MuMuTA is aimed at replicating muscle motion, which requires fine balance between muscle mass for strength and thinness for nutrient delivery. This innovation could revolutionize prosthetics.
