NEW YORK (AP) -- When 68-year-old Robert Rosene received a bionic eye, he didn't get the Six Million Dollar Man's telescoping vision. Rosene, of St. Charles, Ill., saw nothing but pitch-black before ...

When he was an assistant professor at Princeton University, Michael McAlpine led the development of a 3D-printed bionic ear. Now an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, he has gone on ...

A new prosthetic can improve the hearing of children suffering with microtia using 3D printing to create custom plastic prosthetics, reports Forbes. 1. Aided by developments in 3D bioprinting, human ...

Tens of thousands of people with severe vision loss are set to benefit after the announcement today of a landmark partnership of world-leading Australian research institutes. Bionic Vision Australia ...

Newark, NJ, Oct. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per the report published by Fior Markets, the global bionic ear market is expected to grow from USD 14.93 billion in 2019 and to reach USD 26.88 ...

Engineers have created a silicon version of a key organ of hearing, using manufacturing techniques borrowed from the electronic chip industry. The device could serve as a prototype for mechanical ...

A team of mad scientists hiding an ivory tower successfully 3-D-printed a bionic ear that can restore the sense of hearing for the deaf. The ear’s shaped like a human ear, for the most part, but the ...

Boston Scientific’s bionic ear gets FDA approval today, perfectly timed to save the hearing of Metallica fans rounding 40+. The piece delivers 120 spectral bands, which is 5-10 times more than the ...

Michael Royer blends in with the crowds filling the Metro trains each morning in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He carries an iPod and listens to music or recordings of sermons that he downloads from ...

Merging electronics with human tissue, scientists have used 3D printing tools to build a functioning ear. Researchers at Princeton University reported that they created a functioning ear that that can ...

A bionic eye prototype is in the works, thanks to a new 3D-printed device. Researchers at the University of Minnesota were able to 3D-print on a hemispherical surface an array of light receptors.