How cyborg prosthetics can help amputees, and even replace healthy limbs
Cyborgs entered popular culture in the 1980s – remember action hero Jean-Claude van Damme in Cyborg ? New interfaces between surgery, robotic engineering, and electrobiology are helping them become reality. A cyborg, in medical terms, is a person who has robotic parts, such as limbs, that can be controlled by the brain, and in some instances, “felt” in the same...