SCIENCE

the german company handprothese specializes in prosthetics with ultra realistic fluid motion

researchers at MIT are currently working on a retinal implant that could help blind people regain much of their vision

the australian-based performance artist stelios arcadious AKA 'stelarc' will give a talk tomorrow at the henry art gallery in seattle entitled 'the cadaver, the comatose, & the chimera: avatars have no organs'. the artist uses his own body to explore 'human-machine interfaces'. his projects include appending robotic limbs to himself and the ear implanted in his arm, which was grown partly from his own adult stem cells.

the solar forest serves a dual function, acting as a go to source for clean renewable energy while providing a shady spot for cars to park as they charge.