Former bike mechanic and navy veteran Colin MacDuff made national headlines this spring for the incredible cycle shop feat of essentially turning eight hours of middle-of-the-night sawing and welding ...

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 ...

It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift a bag weighing up to 20 kg -- the world's first commercially available prosthetic hand that can move each finger separately ...

HÄMEENLINNA, Finland, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Össur has acquired Naked Prosthetics, a leading provider of durable, custom and functional finger prostheses for finger and partial hand amputees, ...

Dylan Laas, 12, says Robohand makes him look like Darth Vader. For $150, the 3-D printed Robohand also lets Dylan, who is missing the fingers on one hand as a result of Amniotic Band Syndrome, grab ...

After Darth Vader lopped off Luke Skywalker’s hand in the movie “The Empire Strikes Back,” Rebel Alliance doctors installed a prosthetic that immediately moves and feels just like a human hand.

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 ...

Using the mind to control prosthetic limbs is a bold idea that is slowly becoming a reality thanks to several important advances in neuroscience and robotics in the last couple of years. Now a team of ...

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 ...

In a collaboration between Swedish and Italian researchers, the aim was to analyse how the brain interprets information from a virtual experience of touch, created by a finger prosthesis with ...

(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 ...