When the sensors and AI were helping, the participants could "very reliably" grasp a cup and pretend to take a sip, Trout ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...

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 ...

Imagine losing your hand in an accident and having to live with a prosthetic limb that is clumsy, uncomfortable and limited in functionality. That is the reality for millions of people around the ...

The prosthetic was also printed out of a biomaterial — corn plastic — and features rubber fingertips on the outside and foam on the inside, so the device would be more comfortable on Farmer’s skin.

Steven Reimer M.S. ’24 stepped back from the table after placing the final sensor on the patient’s arm. Two years of hard work had led to this moment. He had traveled 8,000 miles to Jaipur, India to ...

Each prosthetic costs around 200 dollars, and the organization fundraises to cover costs so patients don’t have to pay ...

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 ...

After months of anticipation, a young boy who lost most of his fingers in a fiery and deadly car crash is the owner of two new prosthetic hands made just for him by a team of Cal Poly engineering ...

This work enabled simultaneous direct control of four degrees of freedom of a myoelectric prosthetic hand for the first time. With my collaborators from the BioRobotics Institute at Scuola Superiore ...

The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, which replaced four fingers he likely lost through amputation. When ...