March 1st, 2011

Robotic Power Knee Now Available In US And Europe

Here you see the world’s first and only motorized prosthetic knee. The California-based company that makes the knee, Ossur, has just made the Power Knee available to above-knee amputees in Europe and the United States. → Read More

February 22nd, 2011

Research: Conducting Plastics Make Way For Many New Technology Advances

We futurists are still waiting for our roll-up TVs and cellphones. The concepts have looked pretty spectacular – who wouldn’t want to fold his laptop up like a napkin or roll her TV into a pen for their pocket protector? So… why don’t we have this ability yet? What advances in technology need to happen to make it happen? And, even so, will it happen within our lifetime? A recent study from a… → Read More