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MIT researchers teamed up with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to develop a prosthetic leg fully driven by the body’s own nervous system. This surgical amputation procedure reconnects muscles in the residual limb, enabling patients to receive “proprioceptive” feedback about where their prosthetic limb is in space.
Located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, this Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy NGC 4951 tilted diagonally, with thick, cloudy spiral arms wrapping around the core. These arms are filled with pink patches marking new star formation, depicted as young blue stars.
First released on July 1, 1979 in Japan, the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 was touted as the world’s first low-cost personal stereo. This metal-cased blue-and-silver music player definitely didn’t come cheap, as it retailed for $150, or $648.90 in 2024.
GXO announced that it has officially entered a multi-year agreement to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid robot at their SPANX facility to help with a variety of repetitive tasks. Standing 5′ 9″, this bipedal robot will be launched with Agility Arc, which a cloud-based automation tool designed to simplify the deployment lifecycle, from facility mapping to operational management.
Long before Switch Online, there was Satellaview for Nintendo’s Super Famicom, which is essentially a satellite modem. This Japan exclusive peripheral was released on April 23, 1995, and allowed users to access games, magazines, and more through satellite broadcasts provided by St.GIGA.