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Best Technology for Amputees at CES 2025

Best Technology for Amputees at CES 2025

As usual, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcased some exciting new amputee-facing technology. The star of the 2025 show, ...
Eight New Ways AI Is Shaping the Future of Amputee Care

Eight New Ways AI Is Shaping the Future of Amputee Care

Artificial intelligence has been improving amputees’ lives at least since the C-Leg debuted in the 1990s. But the emergence of ...
Amplitude’s Best-read Articles of 2024

Amplitude’s Best-read Articles of 2024

Our list of best-read stories about amputees in 2024 included the usual favorites (relationships + entertainment), but a couple of ...
Five Amputees Who Made a Difference in 2024

Five Amputees Who Made a Difference in 2024

We don’t mean to suggest that these are the five biggest difference makers in Limb Loss Land. They’re just a ...
How Many Amputees Have Received an MBE?

How Many Amputees Have Received an MBE?

Last year, Hari Budha Magar become the first bilateral above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But when ...
Top Holiday Gifts for Amputees in 2024

Top Holiday Gifts for Amputees in 2024

Our annual list of gifts for favorite amputee is the usual mashup of merch you can wear, eat, read, work ...

2015 U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Team Named

U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, recently announced that nine athletes, including five reigning world champions, ...
Man Makes History with Modular Prosthetic Limbs

Man Makes History with Modular Prosthetic Limbs

Baugh completes a task showcasing his control of the MPL. Photograph courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. A ...
Marine Is First Amputee to Graduate from Survival Course

Marine Is First Amputee to Graduate from Survival Course

Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks. Photograph by Maj. Eve Baker. The Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival (MCIWS) course is a ...
Research Might Help Improve Amputees' Mobility

Research Might Help Improve Amputees’ Mobility

Photograph courtesy of UNTHSC After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever ...
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