Recently, I wrote about a man in Nebraska named Adam Cutshall, who got a 3D-printed finger replacement 20 years after a tragic mishap. He made the mistake of using power tools while intoxicated and ...

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 ...

A team of four Miami University undergraduate students is working to develop an affordable 3D-printed prosthetic hand that costs less than $100 and can be produced in 36 hours, addressing a shortage ...

Ewan Kirby, a South Jersey teenager who is missing most of the fingers on his left hand, lacks the basic functionality we usually take for granted. His friend, Sammy Salvano, another 14-year-old from ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Ten. (WKRC/WTVF/CBS Newspath) -After a month of hard work, a team of high school engineering students in Tennessee built a fellow student at their school a robotic prosthetic hand. In ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

Upper-limb amputees often struggle with everyday tasks due to their limited dexterity. The existing prosthetic hands often lack the fine motor skills and natural movement required for truly ...

GLASGOW, Ky. — A Barren County teacher is being called a hometown hero for the months of work he's spent working on a project for one of his students. Earlier this week, Red Cross Elementary ...

Technology for thought-controlled limbs that allow amputees to touch and feel again is bringing a robotic hand from Star Wars within reach of becoming a reality. A U.S. research team developing the ...

Recent advancements in technology have revolutionized the world of assistive and medical tools, and prosthetic limbs are no exception. We've come a long way from the rigid, purely cosmetic prosthetics ...