If you wear glasses, you may have realized your visual deficit can also be an unexpected style boon. Thanks to a company combining wearable robotics with stunning (and newly award-winning) design, the ...

GLEN JEAN, WV (WVNS) – The goal of Scouts of America is to prepare young kids to be future leaders and innovators. At the National Scout Jamboree, one young man is already making a difference for ...

Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection between hand movement patterns and motoneuron control patterns. The study, ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

ABB Robotics has partnered with California-based bionic company PSYONIC to develop more dexterous robotic systems by leveraging real-world data from human prosthetic use. The collaboration combines ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

A Scot who came up with the idea for his start-up after breaking both his wrists in a skateboarding accident has made it onto a prestigious list of upcoming entrepreneurs. Fergal Mackie, 28, is a ...

IntroductionIn this series so far, we have covered the types of prosthetic hands, costs and subsidies, the mechanism of how ...

Undergraduate Stephen Hawes used an IDEA grant to design a low-cost customizable prosthetic hand, using 3-D printing and open source software. Brooks Brantly as Othello in Connecticut Repertory ...

After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices can present their own challenge to these individuals, who are often in developing countries with limited medical care. A group ...