A northwest Ohio woman who lost her arm in a crash caused by a suspect fleeing police is now among the first people in the ...

In a world first, doctors in Sweden say they’ve wired a prosthetic hand directly into a woman’s nerves, allowing her to move its fingers with her mind and even feel tactile sensations. The hand is an ...

A prosthetic hand for children that is powered and controlled by the wearer's breathing has been developed by scientists at Oxford University. Researchers say the simple lightweight device is not too ...

The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...

A research paper by scientists at The University of Electro-Communications developed a new socket and prosthetic hand control system that does not interfere with the wrist joint motion. This allows ...

Researchers in Italy have taken a big step forward towards restoring realistic hand functions to amputees. The development team, based at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), say that their ...

Engineers from MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a prosthetic hand that precisely inflates individual fingers to take hold of objects, while also providing the user with tactile ...

Yes, a hand with an eye embedded in it does sound a whole lot like one of the freakier scenes from Guillermo del Toro’s movie Pan’s Labyrinth. But it also describes a new smart prosthesis being ...

Only magnets and muscles A magnetically controlled prosthetic hand provides fine control of finger motion, enabling the user to perform everyday tasks such as pouring ...

Five university students created the prosthetic hand for Isabella Cabrera. — -- A 10-year-old girl’s musical dreams have come true, thanks to university students and cutting-edge technology.