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LAS VEGAS, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionic Products, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BNPD) is pleased to announce that the company is a sponsor of The Jump-OFF Tour. The Jump-OFF Tour is a great program that reaches out to youths and offers them a better chance for the future. Bionic-Tonic® and LadyPink® made a presence during a recent tour stop at Hiram W. Johnson High School in California. "LadyPink® is the most refreshing energy drink, especially after a long performance for the...
Officials in Australia have unveiled a prototype for a bionic eye device - an instrument that looks like a pair of sunglasses, but could one day help the visually impaired regain their sight.The device features a minute video camera attached to a pair of dark glasses. The camera records images, which will then be sent wirelessly to an implant which will stimulate electrodes on the retina. Once stimulated, the retina will then be able to discern points of light, which the brain will then be...
LONDON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the biomimetic membranes market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Aquaporin A/S with the "2009 European Biomimetic Membranes Technology Innovation Award." The demand for high-purity water separation across a wide variety of industries is likely to establish Aquaporin Membranes, a novel biomimetic membrane that is embedded with aquaporins, as the standard equipment for membrane separation. (Logo:...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on decades of research into how the body's electrical field affects skin regeneration, scientists at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., have discovered how to harness the power of bioelectricity to help improve skin rejuvenation. The new innovation, called CYTOMIMIC(TM) Technology, is a proprietary, patented technology that combines essential minerals to deliver biological levels of electric signals similar to the skin's...
The cutting edge science of how vision works and how we may be able to prevent, repair or restore lost sight in future will be explored at an international scientific meeting in Sydney next week.The Australian Neuroscience Society Satellite Meeting 2010: "From Photoreceptors to Behaviour" is being held at the Save Sight Institute, 8 Macquarie St, Sydney on January 29 and 30, 2010.Among the highlights of the meeting:"¢ Professor Zhou-Hua Pan of Wayne State University, USA, will describe new...
The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call "bioinspiration" in a quest to build the world's first legged robot that is capable of running effortlessly over rough terrain.If the engineers succeed, they may owe their success to what's being learned from these insects and other animals, such as the guinea hen, that have their own remarkable...
Maria Antonia Iglesias, a former pianist from Catalonia, Spain, was overjoyed when she got what scientists call the first bionic fingers, according to BBC News.Iglesias said the motor-powered devices allow her to pick up a glass, hold cutlery and write for the first time since she lost her digits after an illness.The ProDigits were created by Touch Bionics, the Livingston, West Lothian company which made the bionic i-Limb hand. The loss of two fingers can reduce hand function by up to 20 to...
ProDigits is the first ever motor-powered system for patients with missing fingers NOTE TO EDITORS, PHOTO EDITORS: Additional background material, photos are available at www.touchbionics.com/prodigits-press Use of materials is free to accredited media LIVINGSTON, UK and HILLIARD, OH, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ - Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, today announced the commercial launch of ProDigits, the world's first powered bionic finger solution for patients...
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- LoggerHead Tools received a 2009 Breakthrough Innovation Award from Popular Mechanics magazine on October 8th at the Hearst Tower in New York City for its newly designed Bionic Hydrant Wrench(TM). LoggerHead, a past Popular Mechanics Editors Choice Award winner, is an entrepreneurial startup, a multiple award-winning designer, marketer, and American manufacturer of innovative problem-solving tools. The new Hydrant Wrench will serve the needs of firefighters...
A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano scale. The resulting biomaterial could be used to make optically active structures, such as optical diffusers for solar panels.Insects' colors and their iridescence (the ability to change colors depending on the angle) or their ability to appear metallic are determined by tiny...
