Chinese scientists developed an object identification system for prosthetic hands to guide appropriate grip strength ...

Paul McCullough served as the director of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoner’s limb shop in 1952 and led prisoners in the production of various artificial limbs. McCullough noted that the ...

Researchers at Guilin University of Electronic Technology in China have developed a new vision-integrated ...

Because biological limbs are connected to our skeletons, we don't notice that they weigh a lot! As technology develops, ...

Thanks to recent technological developments, amputees can now sense temperature through prosthetic limbs. Known as the MiniTouch, this heat-sensitive prosthetic hand has a thermal sensor embedded ...

When Dave Hewett started Adaptive Prosthetics & Orthotics in 1997, his goal was to provide patients needing artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices with a more individualized and compassionate ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa’s right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. In the 1880s and 1890s, the first artificial limb companies set up shop in ...