Prostheses
Advances in prosthetics are rapid.
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See also: artificial organs and regenerative medicine.
Is it prostheses or prosthetics? A prosthesis is an artificial body part (plural = prostheses) whereas the adjective is used to describe a particular type, for example a prosthetic hand. Prosthetics is the medical speciality studying and applying prostheses.
Full Body Prosthetics
A full set of smart prosthetic limbs, combined with replacement synthetic organs, could provide an entire replacement body that could host someone's brain. - David Wood Humai’s Head of Engineering On the Future That is to Come (interview) - IEET
Recent News
Third arm controlled with thoughts
Zdnet - 26-Jul-2018A robotic arm controlled by brain signals translated with an special wearable device
What would you do with an extra thumb?
The Verge - 06-Jul-2018A Bluetooth robotic third thumb may be useful as a body extension
Realistic Skin Made for Bionic Limbs
Business Insider - 16-Jun-2018Touch Bionics is working on silicon prosthetic skin called “living skin”
