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#prosthetics

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.

Pretty much every neuroscientist has learnt through their textbook that the brain has the capacity for reorganization, and this is demonstrated through studies on amputees,

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.