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A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts.

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Robotic submarine undergoes the final preparations before its dive to the deepest-known part of the oceans.

At TED 2009, Juan Enriquez talked about the new human species emerging before our eyes. Thanks to an array of biological advances and our growing aptitude in robotics, we now find ourselves in the early days of the deliberate creation of what he called a new species.

Australian research has brought tiny medical robots, small enough to swim in the human bloodstream, one step closer to reality.