Quantcast
Channel: Popular Science - stimulator
Browsing all 7 articles
Browse latest View live

Apex Fitness Bodybugg

The Bodybugg is like having a personal trainer strapped to your triceps. The 2.9-ounce gadget uses four sensors to calculate your energy expenditure with 92 percent…

View Article



Ossur Power Knee

Sit down, stand up, climb stairs&8212;Ossur's Power Knee is the first motorized prosthesis to give leg amputees fluid motion by simulating the movement of the real knee next…

View Article

Powdermed PMED

Needles hurt. Worse, they can spread disease. PowderMed's new vaccine gun, the PMED, requires no sharps. The flashlight-shaped device relies on pressurized helium to shoot…

View Article

Medtronic Transcend II

For obese people, gastric-bypass surgery is a risky gamble to shed major pounds. Now a safer alternative is on the way: the gastric stimulator. In a reversible procedure,…

View Article

Elan Prialt

For the millions of people with intractable pain, Prialt offers 1,000 times the analgesic power of opiates but without the addiction and waning potency. The secret is a…

View Article


Tyrell Zeno

If there's a kryptonite for acne, it's heat. So scientists at Tyrell, Inc., invented the Zeno, a handheld rechargeable device that gives your pimples heat stroke. Hold the…

View Article

Neuro-Controlled Bionic Arm

Welcome to the future of prosthetic limbs: true mind control. For the first time ever, an amputee need only think about a movement-picking up a glass, for instance-and the…

View Article
Browsing all 7 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images