has launched a $55-million project that pools the efforts of prosthetics experts nationwide to create a thought-controlled bionic arm that duplicates the functions of a natural limb. If all goes ...

No other arm is wireless and waterproof ... Bionic limbs have come a long way from clunky mechanical hooks and rigid ...

Even today, custom-built prosthetics cost an arm and a leg, but there’s no reason why they should. Right now, we can scan someone’s arm or leg, import that scan into a 3D-modeling program ...

When he was 5 years old, he got a hook, which he controlled ... it was the Civil War that first put prosthetics into widespread use. Amputating a shattered arm or leg was the best way to prevent ...

Is this a case of a good design gone wrong in the build phase? Or is this DIY prosthetic arm a poor design from the get-go? Either way, [Will Donaldson] needs some feedback, and Hackaday is just ...

During a recent event held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Tech Insider had a chance to check out one of the most advanced robotic prosthetic arms we’ve ever seen.

The trombone is played by sliding the accompanying socket. “I may be able to make a prosthetic arm that the wearer can use to play darts and a prosthetic foot that serves as a musical instrument ...

Thanks to his work on a prosthetic arm and an underwater cleaning robot, Adhit Ranjan has been recognised as a winner of this year’s Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award. The award honours 10 ...