A NEW TYPE OF PROSTHETIC IS GIVING PARTIAL FINGER AMPUTEES MORE INDEPENDENCE. — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - In just 10 minutes, life went from normal to forever changed for Allyson Watson. “The sheriff came to ...

These silicone aesthetic and functional prostheses are made to look realistic. Each prosthesis is custom-made by taking body measurements. These 3D-printed finger prostheses give greater mobility to ...

New technological advancements with functional prosthetic hands raise graphene nanotubes' potential in allowing them to interact with electronic touchscreens. Young scientists from Motorica, a biomed ...

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 ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Army News Service, Feb. 1, 2012) -- A robotic arm, dubbed "Luke," after the Jedi with the mechanical hand, served as the centerpiece for a Jan. 31 discussion here regarding ...

(JTA) — The rabbi who lost his finger in the April shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway in California has received a lifelike prosthetic finger. The silicone prosthetic is meant to help his hand ...

Smart hand: The soft, elastic neuroprosthetic hand enables precise movement and delivers feedback, at a fraction of the weight and cost of comparable neuroprosthetics. (Courtesy: Xuanhe Zhao, Shaoting ...

Ashraf Mizo is a 21-year-old Sudanese engineering student developing simplified, inexpensive prosthetics through a combination of 3-D printing technology and machine learning to address the pressing ...

As Eric Jones fought off cancer a few years ago, his weakened immune system left him vulnerable to strep pneumonia and sepsis, which developed into the blood-clotting disorder known as Disseminated ...