Using a motorized prosthetic hand can be difficult, as users have to continuously concentrate on controlling the thing. That's why scientists from Switzerland's EPFL research institute are developing ...

CINCINNATI (Joe Webb) -- Tiny the service dog-in-training has a new leg Wednesday evening, April 29, thanks to a computer science class at Xavier University.Tiny was born with a deformed right front ...

When Glenn Hollinday had has right leg amputated in 1989, his new prosthetic limb was bulky and heavy -- but at least it got him up and around. Today Hollinday, 59, has two prosthetic limbs that are ...

Hanger, a Texas-based provider of orthotic aids and prosthetic limbs, is testing the world’s first standalone, network-connected prosthetic, with support from telco AT&T’s Foundry innovation ...

Researchers have developed new software that can be integrated with existing hardware to enable people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons to walk in a safer, more natural manner on different ...

Each year, some 200,000 Americans lose a limb, through accident or disease. Nearly three-quarters of those new amputees have lost a leg. Many choose to wear a prosthesis, an artificial leg. While ...

A computer programmer has installed a USB drive in his prosthetic finger, after he lost his original digit in a motorcycle accident. Jerry Jalava has built a special finger which contains computer ...

Advances in connecting neural stimulation to physical control of the body are transforming the development of prosthetics and therapeutic training for people with disabilities, according to new ...