Tag: prosthetic arm

How should a congenital amputee react when a stranger offers an unsolicited "solution" to your limb difference? I'm learning to ...

A recent paper in the journal Science Robotics offers several ideas for the design community to close the sizable gap ...

The Nicole Pro, one of a suite of flexible prosthetic arms from Koalaa, is specifically designed to help upper-limb amputees ...

Artificial intelligence is all over the news lately. We did a quick survey of the scientific literature to identify the ...

Many of today’s prosthetic design concepts have their roots in World War I. A major museum exhibition opening in June ...

Advocating for ourselves as amputees is a tiring, never-ending task. But when I found a prosthetist who truly wanted to ...

Prosthetic technology for amputees seems to be moving forward constantly. The question is: forward toward what? The value of any ...

3D printing equips the industry to churn out custom devices—designed and built to fit individual amputees—at vastly greater speed and ...

When amputees used a high-end bionic hand (for at least two hours each day in their homes, they significantly improved ...

Last week we introduced you to the SuperHand, a bionic arm that amputees control with their feet. This week we ...

Polish engineers have developed a bionic arm that users control via their toes, heels, and ankles. This intuitive interface is ...

Upstart prosthetic firms are disrupting the industry by providing affordable devices that are available to more amputees. But are they ...

Researchers at multiple universities have had recent success in clinical trials with prosthetic limbs that simulate the sense of touch ...

Biomedical engineers at the University of Minnesota may have grabbed the bionic brass ring: a smart prosthetic arm that amputees ...