Yet recent technological advances have opened new exciting possibilities for the development of more comfortable, smarter and ...

Now, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Imperial College London have unveiled a promising solution: a new soft prosthetic hand designed for more intuitive control.

Luckily, New York City-based artist, photographer and IT engineer Paul Hodara came to the rescue and customized a 3D-printed prosthetic finger free of charge. Professors Richard Weir and Jacob ...

For example, take a look at [Ian Davis] and his attempts to design a simpler prosthetic finger. [Davis] favors his aluminum partial hand prosthetic for its strength, but because it was scratch ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

A CLIP shows how the first-of-its-kind prosthetic hand allows amputees to move by simply thinking. The prosthetic responds to the wearer's brain's signals, allowing them to control the force ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a centuries-old skeleton complete with a metal prosthetic hand to replace four missing fingers. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation said in ...

The Anaplastology Clinic in Durham doesn't offer typical medical services. Instead, it helps patients by creating custom ...

Archaeologists found a skeleton buried with a prosthetic hand in Germany. The man is believed to have died between 1450 and 1620 at between 30 and 50 years old. The discovery demonstrates advanced ...