People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) often experience involuntary movements, which disrupt their ability to perform many tasks. A new device could help reduce ...

In terms of control, we separated the wrist joint signals from the hand signals to ensure that wrist movements did not inadvertently affect hand movements. This allows users to easily and unconsciously ...

An experimental new wearable could allow people such as stroke victims to communicate via subtle hand movements. The device takes the form of a relatively thin patch that is temporarily adhered to the ...

People can bend their wrist further than they think. This is what researchers from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have discovered. They asked 84 ...

Eight small bones in your wrist give it flexibility and the necessary range of movements. These bones, arranged in two rows, include the scaphoid and lunate bones in the upper row, close to the ...

(Phys.org)—Researchers have designed a bracelet that harvests biomechanical energy from the wearer's wrist movements, which can then be converted into electricity and used to extend the battery ...