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...shell with your finger. It can remember and mimic a rhythmic pattern of up to 15 clicks. In song mode, it bleep-bleeps Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony. But the most fun you can have with these tiny turtle robots is to race them against each other. In basic walk mode, the Walkie Bits' pace is unpredictable, so you never know which one-peach? melon? pineapple? mint?-will win. Each one runs on a watch battery and comes in a canister. Three can fit in the palm of your hand. Next Product: iCat...
...flexibility while imitating human tendons. Once implanted between muscles and bones, the device is never removed; it becomes part of the body as cells grow over it. This technology is also being used to replace slipped disks in the neck and to aid in clavicle-replacement surgery. Next Product: Walk...
...Walk Man Inventor: Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba Availability: Near future, $14,000-$19,000 To Learn More: sanlab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp Enter ... Mecha-Grandma! Japanese researchers have developed a robotic exoskeleton to help the elderly and disabled walk and even lift heavy objects like the jug of water above. It's called the Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL. (The inventor has obviously never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Its brain is a computer (housed in a backpack) that learns to mimic the wearer's gait and posture; bioelectric sensors pick up signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles...
...they won't stop it. Industry bosses say they won't give up on the promise of a brighter, faster, cheaper future. So sooner or later, digital is coming to a cinema near you. "You can send a camera to Mars and get perfect shots, but you can't walk into your local cinema and see a film without scratches on it," says Rick McCallum, producer of the Star Wars films. "This is about the quality of the experience, the adventure of going to the movies. If you care about the audience, you'll insist on digital." For fans, filmmakers...
...Holy Grail of 21st century medicine: stem-cell therapy. Today, eight months after having stem cells injected into one of his coronary arteries, Grinstead's heart is operating more efficiently and he's leading a life his U.S. doctors thought impossible. "I can go for a 30-minute walk," he says. "I've taken trips to Antigua and Florida. I feel like living life again." Grinstead owes his turnaround to TheraVitae, a two-year-old U.S.- and Israeli-run company that, in conjunction with local hospitals, offers treatment for heart disease with stem cells taken from the patient...