Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional, or just don’t feel like a part of someone’s body. But in a recent study in iScience, ...

A new robotic arm has enabled a victim of a spinal cord injury to regain motion and sensation— a technological breakthrough that offers promise for a patient population with few successful therapeutic ...

A mechanical hand utilizing DARPA-developed neural technologies has become the first to allow a paralyzed patient to feel physical sensations through a prosthesis. The 28 year-old test subject was ...

Dan Didrick's X-Finger prosthesis is digital in the old-fashioned sense: it replaces digits lost to wear and tear with fully-mobile artifical replacements. Moreover, it does so without any electrical ...

David Edquilang, a recent University of Houston graduate, is the visionary mind behind an innovative finger prosthesis aptly named Lunet, which has garnered acclaim and recognition worldwide. In our ...

A groundbreaking, easy-to-use 3D printable finger prosthesis created by a recent University of Houston graduate could offer amputees a low-cost solution to restore finger functionality. David ...

When Ian Davis was just 17-years-old, he built a myoelectric prosthetic arm and hand for a high school project. Almost 30 years later, he’s still using what he learned but for his own benefit now, ...

Traditional myoelectric prosthetics require complex motorized systems that are heavy and fragile. The Hennes robotic hand is an attempt at simplifying these systems to introduce cheaper artificial ...

Major advancements in prosthetic limb development keep coming. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is contributing with neural technologies that are designed to allow those who are ...

GAUTENG, South Africa (CNN) -- "I was in a position to see exactly what happens in the human hand. I got the basics of what it's all about and thought yeah, I'll make my own." Richard van As is ...