Last year, we talked to the CEO and founder of San Diego-based PSYONIC about their Ability Hand — a bionic prosthetic limb.

Background Current guidelines for aortic valve replacement (AVR) lack consensus on prosthesis selection in middle-aged patients. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive comparison of long-term ...

Yet, such artifacts are rare direct sources into the lives of historical amputees. We focus on the tools amputees used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. There are few records written from amputees’ ...

"Nosferatu's" makeup designer made Count Orlok's fingers, prosthetic penis and "red as hell" blood pools.

Prosthetic fingers are the key component in Prosthetic hand, it is specific for individual, as each person have unique dimension for their finger. Fingers in human hand play a vital role in handling ...

Prosthetic users felt as much personal embodiment with tools like tweezers compared to a "natural" hand in VR testing, new study found.

Researchers reveal 3D-printable elastomers with variable stiffness, enabling lightweight yet functional soft robotics and wearable devices.

The discovery of an ancient prosthetic device at a 15th-century burial site highlights the unexpected sophistication of Medieval technology.