As parents know very well, the growth spurts of children necessitate new clothes, and for some, that means new prosthetics as well. But the fitting and assembly of a new prosthetic can require ...

If you wear glasses, you may have realized your visual deficit can also be an unexpected style boon. Thanks to a company combining wearable robotics with stunning (and newly award-winning) design, the ...

Annaliese Curtis wins MVP during a D1 National Championship game in 2022. Curtis resigned from the BYU women's rugby team this year as she prepares to graduate and take the Medical College Admission ...

Advances in biomechanics and prosthetic engineering have significantly transformed our understanding of running in amputee athletes. The integration of running‐specific prostheses (RSPs) has enabled ...

Nine years ago, a group of researchers from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder launched a pioneering medical device startup called Point Designs in an effort to ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

Medical device manufacturing has a reputation for demanding high upfront R&D costs. But for one med-tech start-up that reality is not getting in the way of developing a bionic hand that could restore ...

Prosthetics can turn people into anything, from the fantastical to just other real-life people. But the ways that makeup designers create pieces, especially to change a face, are really where the art ...

After months of anticipation, a young boy who lost most of his fingers in a fiery and deadly car crash is the owner of two new prosthetic hands made just for him by a team of Cal Poly engineering ...