People who have had limbs removed often use false arms and legs, known as prosthetics, to improve mobility and independence - but 75 per cent of prosthetic-wearing amputees encounter problems like ...

Currently, most powered prosthetic limbs are controlled by electrodes in the user's residual stump. An experimental new MIT system, however, is claimed to work better by replacing those electrodes ...

A typical prosthetic arm still looks essentially the way it has for more than a century, with a simple hook that can open and close to squeeze and hold objects. An artificial arm now in development ...

Following a widely-viewed Nov. 23 premiere on Netflix, fans of Tim Burton‘s all-new “Wednesday” series were astonished to discover actor Victor Dorobantu was the body attached to Thing, a recurring ...

A new device could help to relieve the pain and discomfort experienced by thousands of amputees as a result of poorly fitting replacement lower limbs. Researchers are developing a prototype of the ...

Given that parents are already reluctant to buy fancy clothes that their small child will soon outgrow, then it follows that they would really question buying their amputee toddler a high-tech ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A University of Michigan graduate is back in the Mitten State this week to raise awareness and funding for amputees. Nicole Ver Kuilen was just 10 years old when she lost ...