Currently, almost all powered prosthetic hands utilize electrodes that detect the user's muscle impulses and convert them into hand movements. A new system which is in development, however, should ...

Today, for the first time ever, I watched my 6-year-old son use his right hand. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to have no right hand? Seriously. Have you? Think about it for a ...

Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to feel touch like a human hand. The technology could also be used to help restore lost functionality to patients after a stroke.

While a number of groups are developing thought-controlled prosthetic hands, most of the devices require electrodes or other relatively fiddly electronics to be implanted in the amputee's body. Such ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a prosthetic hand that gave an Italian man with a missing limb the ability to feel sensations of warmth and coolness when touching various objects. The new device ...

Technology is more than just mechanisms and design -- it's ultimately about people. Adriene Simon/College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, CC BY-SA To think about an artificial limb is to think ...

Steven Reimer M.S. ’24 stepped back from the table after placing the final sensor on the patient’s arm. Two years of hard work had led to this moment. He had traveled 8,000 miles to Jaipur, India to ...

Keven Walgamott, a real estate agent who lost his left hand and part of his arm in an electrical accident in 2002, got emotional when he was able to clasp his hands together and "feel" the space ...

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, ...

A prosthetic hand was discovered in an approximately 400-year-old grave, according to officials in Germany. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation Construction on a pipeline in Germany led ...

Archaeologists in Germany are investigating the remains of a man with a metal prosthetic hand who lived hundreds of years ago. Found by pipeline workers, the grave is located near the St. George ...