Advances such as telemedicine and the use of wireless devices in hospitals have become an accepted part of medical technology, but the notion of replacing limbs with computer-powered devices seems ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

At the heart of this breakthrough is a surgical procedure known as the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, or AMI. Unlike traditional amputation methods, the AMI reconnects muscles in the residual ...

The BRAVO Laboratory at the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the heart of New York City is making some moves — and that’s ...

Prosthetic technology has created substantial improvements, yet due to its limitations in dexterity and functionality, prosthetic users have not fully been able to conduct the complex motions that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese amputee who earned the nickname “Iron Leg Man” has shared the designs of his customized high-tech prosthetic leg so that ...

Straddling the U.S.-Mexico border, El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are separated by just a thin stretch of the Rio Grande. Bridging the two are six border crossings, but the connections ...

Prosthetic arm. Image by StarWarsRey. CC BY-SA 4.0 Prosthetic arm. Image by StarWarsRey. CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers have developed a new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics ...

Your legs may not seem all that smart, but they're pretty good at letting you walk without having to think about what you're doing. That hasn't been the case with artificial limbs, which have long ...

Anthony Robusto, a 17-year-old from Hall County, was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, which left him without a full left hand. Despite his condition, Robusto wrestled from third to tenth grade ...

Hot and tired from a three-hour drive inside a trailer behind a pickup truck, the 600-pound English Charolais calf was content to lie on the grass behind a south Houston building while a team of ...

3DPets uses three-dimensional body scans to build prosthetics for dogs. Turns out, pups benefit from assistive tech as much as humans do. Apple today posted a video to YouTube called “The Invincibles.