Prosthetics unaffordable, inaccessible to many Nigerians Immortal Cosmetic Art hopes to remedy the situation Its humanoid bionic arm works with signals from brain UYO, Nigeria, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Gift ...

Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...

A gleaming Belle from Beauty and the Beast glided along the exhibition floor at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con adorned in a yellow corseted gown with cascading satin folds. She could barely take two ...

While last year's trial focused on folks with below-the-knee amputations, this one worked with above-the-knee amputees. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Amputees have been outfitted with a prosthesis that is integrated with muscle and bone. The new creation allows patients to walk faster and avoid obstacles better than they could with past prostheses.

Mike Allen and I, at first jokingly and now seriously, call this: being bionic. Here's the gist of it: Take all the scary things around you, and turn them into useful force multipliers so you can live ...