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Virtual reality goggles help kids understand prosthetics

Published May 26, 2017

The children of servicemen and women get a crash course in prosthetics in new APL program at Walter Reed medical center

Technology

Typing with your mind?

Published April 19, 2017

JHU's Applied Physics Lab works with Facebook on technology that could allow users to type using only their thoughts

Reclaimed touch

Published Spring 2017

APL is making the next generation of prosthetic limbs that not only act on thought command, but also send signals back to the brain / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Image depicts Pluto in brown and gray tones

Status update?

Make Pluto a planet again

Published March 16, 2017

Planetary scientist offers a geophysical definition of planets—which would expand the number in our solar system from eight to about 110

Ralph Semmel in dark suit on stage at APL event

APL celebrates 75 years of bold innovation

Published March 16, 2017

Anniversary program highlights lab's history of revolutionary breakthroughs

Planetary scholar

Space scientist named BDP

Published March 2, 2017

Sabine Stanley's research focuses on magnetic fields as a means of studying the interiors of planets, including those light-years away from our solar system