The $9.9 million research project will allow a dozen amputees to test a neural-controlled prosthesis that sends touch sensations from artificial fingertips to the brain.

In a room inside Dankmeyer Prosthetics and Orthotics, employees are making and modifying prosthetic limbs for those who need them. “We’re the interface between the patient and getting their device ...

Advanced prosthetics is part of the UK's fast-growing life sciences industry - and a 12-year-old girl from Wakefield is leading the charge ...

When people sit down for a meal, they don’t think about what to do with their hands when eating. It’s just second nature. Yet, their hands are constantly adapting posture and grip to the cutlery, food ...

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 ...

A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the calf to allow near-natural movement for those using an advanced ...

There are already a number of experimental prosthetic hands that provide users with the tactile sensation of touching an object. The MiniTouch system takes things further, as it allows users to sense ...

At 44 years old, Schultz enters his 11th year on the U.S. Paralympic snowboard team as a two-time Paralympian and three-time ...