Few entrepreneurs can claim as intimate a connection to their products as Jonathan Kuniholm. As an engineer working at the forefront of some of the latest research to improve prosthetic arms, Kuniholm ...

A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as if it is thinking about the move.

About 17 years ago, Keven Walgamott lost his left hand and part of his forearm in an electrical accident. Now, Walgamott can use his thoughts to tell the fingers of his bionic hand to pick up eggs and ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

It’s estimated that 10,000 people in Ukraine have lost at least one limb due to the ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainians who have lost limbs fighting for their country in the war against Russia are now ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in prosthetic sensory feedback. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

Amputees in 16th century Europe commissioned iron hands from artisans, many of whom had never made prostheses before. Lernestål, Erik, Livrustkammaren/SHM, CC BY-SA The human body today has many ...

An international research team involving scientists from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the United States has made a remarkable breakthrough in bionic arm technology. Their pioneering work has led to ...

Jan. 19, 2013— -- At 20 weeks pregnant, Brooke and Jim Davis of Spokane, Wash., knew their son, Jameson, would be born without arms months before he would come into this world. "They basically ...

At 15-months-old Tilly Lockey, from the north of England, fought the battle of her life against meningococcal septicemia. She survived although her hands were amputated. Tilly, now 13, is an advocate ...

A Johns Hopkins and DARPA-funded limb has been adapted to give a double amputee control over two bionic arms at once. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...