According to The New York Daily News' Braden Goyette, a blind British man named Chris James can see again thanks to a digital chip that doctors installed beneath his retina. The success of the ...

Australian neurologist Tom Oxley was on vacation in the US in November 2010 when he decided to do a bit of work. So he pitched an electrode array for reading brainwaves to the Defense Advanced ...

Today, algorithms everywhere get to know a person’s needs and customize experiences accordingly. Music services tailor playlists. Retailers offer specific product recommendations. Social media ...

Building the Bionic Eye...With Car Tech? Dr. Michael Beyeler and his team at UC Santa Barbara are prepping a smart prosthesis that provides cues to the visually impaired, much like a computer vision ...

Scott Imbrie still remembers the first time that physicians switched on the electrodes sitting on the surface of his brain. He felt a tingling, poking sensation in his hand, like “reaching into an ...

“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.” Even people who weren't yet born when it first aired on T.V. in 1974 know those iconic sci-fi words from the Six Million Dollar Man's opening ...