Bionic

The ReWalk robotic exoskeleton that helps paraplegics walk is set to go on sale in 2011.

Festo and the Bionic Learning network completed four bionic robots known as the AirRay, AquaRay, AirJelly and AquaJelly which are remote-controlled hybrid constructions using the Fin Ray Effect® that allow them to mimic manta rays and jelly fish.

Panasonic's subsidiary Activelink has developed the Power Loader Light Exoskeleton

eLEGS is a powered exoskeleton, that allows wheelchair users to walk.

The Dattoo concept involves wearable computing devices, that would be printed on the user's skin and powered by their body.

German electrical automation company Festo has used the shape of the acquatic, flightless bird to construct bionic penguins.

The University of Reading has designed a robot that is controlled by 300,000 cultured rat neurons. The team anticipates that the behavior of the rat neurons will provide insight into how brains store data, which could lead to a better understanding of disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson

A Raytheon Sarcos team is developing a futuristic robotic exoskeleton for the US military that amplifies the wearer's physical ability, enabling 150 pound weights to be lifted several hundred times or carried without tiring.

February 19, 2007 Bridgestone has developed a rubber fin for a dolphin that lost most of its tail fin to disease. The beneficiary of the technology is Fuji, a

February 15, 2007 If there’s an absolutely golden imprimatur for the person-most-likely-to-succeed, it’s the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize . Jerome H. Lemelson

August 4, 2006 Last year we reported on the world's first 340cm bipedal exoskeleton , the extraordinary Land Walker. The Sakakibara-Kikai Land Walker weighs

November 30, 2005 A new Channel 4 (UK) television reality show will soon be taking on some of life’s most persistent irritations by employing some ingenious en