Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balance

If you want to use an exoskeleton to improve balance, a study finds that superhuman reflexes can help you stay upright.

Owen Beck, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin • conversation
Feb. 15, 2023 ~6 min

Protein enters mouse brain, flips switch, and vanishes

Researchers report a way to deliver a protein to the brain quickly, effectively, and briefly. The protein degrades naturally after performing its task.

Olga Kuchment-Texas AM • futurity
Oct. 20, 2022 ~6 min


Treatment may restore hand and arm control after spinal injury

A treatment that combines physical therapy and a noninvasive way to stimulate nerve cells helps people with spinal cord injuries use their hands and arms.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Jan. 13, 2021 ~8 min

Watch a man eat cake with mind-controlled robot arms

Quadriplegic Robert Chmielewski fed himself dessert using two prosthetic arms he manipulated with his brain. "It's pretty cool," he says.

Paulette Campbell-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 4, 2021 ~5 min

Researchers restore neural connections in zebra fish

Precise control over neuron growth paves the way for repairing injuries, including those to the spinal cord, and improving brain models.

Jessica Lau • harvard
June 8, 2020 ~7 min

Man controls 2 prosthetic arms with his thoughts

"For everything we envision people needing or wanting to do to become independent... they really need two hands working together."

Chanapa Tantibanchachai-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Oct. 21, 2019 ~6 min

Turtle spine signals reveal how movement starts

The neurons of itchy turtles show that movement most likely starts in a network of cells, not one "command center."

Anders Buch-Larsen • futurity
Oct. 7, 2019 ~5 min

Nanotech ‘EpiPen’ may prevent paralysis after spinal cord injury

A new way to inject nanoparticles using a kind of EpiPen could offer treatment for spinal cord injuries and various other inflammatory diseases.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
July 12, 2019 ~4 min


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