Just a little over a year ago, a 25-year-old woman from Madison had to have her hands and legs amputated after contracting ...

A team of scientists are getting closer to the holy grail of brain-powered prosthetics by developing the first advanced-movement prosthetic leg that communicates with the wearer’s mind. Zac Vawter, 31 ...

While last year's trial focused on folks with below-the-knee amputations, this one worked with above-the-knee amputees. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Science fiction is filled with high-tech prosthetics, but according to Tommaso Lenzi, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, real prosthetic legs for lower-­limb amputees have been stuck in ...

Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists and manufacturers can now offer wearers of bionic limbs devices that redefine what it means to use a prosthesis. A couple ...

Advances in bionic prosthetics are taking a major step forward. Thanks to recent research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), amputees could soon regain the sensation of walking ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test ...

NEW YORK -- A grassroots charity is working to raise money to help a 17-year-old amputee. The boy, orphaned in South Africa, was born with deformed legs that were amputated. He's now a teenager living ...

A new bionic knee/leg helps amputees achieve better mobility, researchers said The system extends into the residual limb, using the bone and muscles to create better support and movement Two people ...

Even though he doesn't look much like Lee Majors, you can call Rod Wiedenman a real-life "bionic man." After all, the Huron, S.D., man has been fitted with a bionic left leg by Wally Kuntz, branch ...