After losing his fingers in a work-related accident, and not being satisfied with digital prosthetics, maker Ian Davis has created his very own mechanical prosthetic fingers which are capable of ...

Oregon-based mechanical engineer Ian Davis is in the midst of building an extraordinary prosthetic hand. The partial hand—in the videos and pictures below—is stunningly intricate and now, after two ...

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 ...

Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional, or just don’t feel like a part of someone’s body. But in a recent study in iScience, ...

Prosthetic limbs have come a long way from the heavy, solid hands and legs of yesteryear, but it’s still difficult to pack a range of motion into them without complex or bulky machinery. But new ...

CAMAS — The Camas Lions Club is assembling mechanical prosthetic hands as a part of a project that aims to provide them for people in developing countries. The organization said in a news release the ...

A new prosthetic from Arizona State University and Florida International University provide the user with the physical sensation of touch. Prosthetic hands have made impressive strides in recent years ...