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 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 ...

Graeme Clark was a restless kid. There’s a photo of him at two, with his suitcases packed, because he was bored and wanted to ...

PRINCETON, N.J. - With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, Princeton University researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive - and transmit - sound. The scientists send ...

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 ...

DBS implants can dramatically short-circuit a debilitating tremor, and let those afflicted eat a steak dinner unscathed, but the average Joe won't be wanting one of them anytime soon. On the other ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — Researchers at Princeton University have brought a new tool into the realm of cybernetics: a 3-D printer. The scientists have devised a way to produce an ear-shaped chunk of silicone ...

In the past few months, scientists have found they could run living cells through a 3D printer and keep them in working condition. So it was a matter of time that scientists were going to find a way ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Bionic ear maker Cochlear has been forced to begin a global recall of the world's thinnest hearing implants after some stopped working. The Sydney-based company, which dominates the ...

Using 3D printers to create biological structures has become widespread. Printing electronics has made similar advances, particularly for low-cost, low-power disposable items. The first successful ...

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 ...

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 ...