Minds, Machines Merge to Offer New Hope for Overcoming Impairments From: PBS NewsHour - 06/28/2011 By: Miles O'Brien Scientists are creating a new generation of artificial body parts to help people with disabilities see, walk, swim, grip, and run among other things. Miles O'Brien reports on the latest advances in prosthetics. Listen to audio from: http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2011/06/28/20110628_bionicbodies.mp3 View video at: (11;37) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june11/bionicbodies_06-28.html Links: World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humans and Machines - Michael Chorost http://www.amazon.com/World-Wide-Mind-Integration-Humanity/dp/1439119147 Kathy Blake - Eyesight to the Blind http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/retina.jsp Aimee Mullins http://www.aimeemullins.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Mullins