Bionic arms for kids have a come long way from where they started 10 years ago in Central Florida. They couldn’t hold much. They were costly to make and replace for growing kids. And they didn’t have ...

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

STORY: In a Nigerian laboratory, Gift Usen experienced something she’d dreamed of her entire life: the feeling of having two complete hands. Born with her left arm ending at the elbow, she tested a ...

A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

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 ...

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) ...

A bionic hand has been given an AI "mind of its own" to make life easier for amputees. American scientists used state of the art artificial intelligence to "fine-tune" the robotic prosthesis and ...

Three children are feeling pure joy this December about "the best Christmas present in the world." Ettie Baker, age 8, Zoey Hampton-Pigeon, age 8, and Finn Jarvis, age 11, were all given ...

Director General of the Fund for Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities Vitaliy Muzychenko says that over 95% of highly functional prosthetics in Ukraine are imported, and also announced the ...

A bionic hand has been given an AI "mind of its own" to make life easier for amputees. American scientists used state of the art artificial intelligence to "fine-tune" the robotic prosthesis and ...

The Utah researchers outfitted a commercial prosthetic hand with custom fingertips that detect pressure. (Utah NeuroRobotics Lab via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A bionic hand has been given an AI "mind of ...