The development of body-powered prosthetic hands has stagnated for over twenty years. That is the main conclusion of a study by researchers from TU Delft and the University of Groningen into this type ...

In 2014American Food and Drug AdministrationThe electric prosthetic hand which had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "LUKE armIt was announced that sales will start in the second ...

"Why is there no war for me? I want to fight like my grandfathers..." When Maidan [2014 Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity] began, I was 15 years old. I was in the 10th grade and during every break I ...

Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"—a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at ...

Researchers have developed a novel training protocol for brain-computer interfaces in a study with rhesus monkeys. The method enables precise control of prosthetic hands using signals from the brain ...

If they have a desire to use the prosthesis, this counts towards a very high percentage of prosthetics success," Viktoriia Olikh, chief prosthetist at the Superhumans rehabilitation centre, says. Read ...

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I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realize that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s ...