Australian researchers plan to begin human testing of a new bionic eye in 2013. Australian researchers plan to begin human testing of a new bionic eye in 2013. is an entertainment editor covering ...

CHICAGO Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a ...

Austin Whitney, 22, made headlines when he stood and walked at graduation in a pair of robotic legs. Now he spends full days in a UC Berkeley lab helping to refine them. Austin Whitney graduated from ...

Here’s NBC’s Bionic Aptitude Test. High scorers get access to … something. Don’t ask me what—all I got was a snarky “The Accident Must’ve Been Worse Than We Expected” splashed across the bottom of my ...

Slezak: So Annie, did you take NBC’s new Bionic Assessment Test? Annie: This test is jank! It says I’m only 47% bionic. Slezak: Oh snap! I’m 51% bionic! Annie: They didn’t even take into consideration ...

A motorcycle crash took Mark Marich's leg in an instant. It took him 30 years and 10 replacement legs to regain a comfortable footing. Today, he strides with the slightest of limps through prosthetics ...

The Canadian military has begun testing what a company is calling "the world's first bionic knee brace" to help troops better absorb the impact from carrying all the gear and equipment on the modern ...