artificial organs
Human organ factories? Defense Department seeds Segway inventor Dean Kamen’s ambitious project, but success seems years away
[N]one of [Dean Kamen’s] many inventions — including the Segway — has an impact that comes close to what could ...
Infographic: Which 3D printed organs are closest to being transplantable?
No one has printed fully functional, transplantable human organs just yet, but scientists are getting closer, making pieces of tissue ...
3D printed organs: We’re closer to solving the problem of how to supply them with blood
We’re tantalizingly close to growing organs in the lab, but the biggest remaining challenge has been creating the fine networks ...
Are we on the verge of extending human life with ‘regenerative superpowers’?
The excessive demand for donated organs will only intensify as technologies like self-driving cars make the world safer, given that ...
Robot exoskeletons: Medical applications far ahead of military use
Otherwise non-ambulatory people are learning to use robot exoskeletons to get up from their wheelchairs. Military applications portrayed in science ...