No one wants to be stuck using a prosthetic arm or leg. But there are some exciting–and sleek–advances on the horizon. No one wants to be stuck using a prosthetic arm or leg. But there are some ...

The prosthetics field’s main problem isn’t just designing better devices — it’s the lack of data to guide which device is best for each patient, according to one executive in the space. Josh Caputo, ...

The past decade has been a very interesting time in the area of developing prosthetic devices which can help a person regain some of the motion and motor skills they lost because of an amputation. On ...

Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin. Many mornings, Dani Clode wakes up, straps a robotic thumb to one of her hands, and gets to ...

Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, is accustomed to being presented with problems people think he should solve. Usually he says no, as he was fully expecting to do when he met with a Department of ...

New wearable technology is coming to help patients who use prosthetic limbs. AT&T has partnered with prosthetic provider Hanger Clinic to develop a network-connected device for patients, Engadget ...

A new device makes it possible for a person with an amputation to sense temperature with a prosthetic hand. The technology is a step toward prosthetic limbs that restore a full range of senses, ...

"Flying Monkeys" group also met child who is benefitting from winning invention. June 16, 2011 — -- If there was a way for trees to talk, then a big, old fir residing in Ames, Iowa, would tell a ...

Girl Scouts in Iowa develop prosthetic hand device for toddler with no fingers. May 4, 2011— -- Forget selling cookies to earn badges. Girl Scouts today build innovative biomedical devices to win ...