Iceland based Össur makes some of the slickest bionic limb attachments you can buy. The company's lower leg prosthetics have the ability to sense the phase of the gait and smoothly power the ...

Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists and manufacturers can now offer wearers of bionic limbs devices that redefine what it means to use a prosthesis. A couple ...

BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both ...

Conservative British legislator Craig Mackinlay returned to work on Wednesday, six months after his hands and feet were amputated due to sepsis. The United Kingdom’s House of Commons joined in a ...

The first time Amy Pietrafitta strapped on a bionic limb and took her first steps, the sensation was so realistic, so familiar, and so intuitive, the 47-year-old Plymouth resident cried. It had been ...

Karachi-based Bioniks Technologies partnered with UN Women to design and deliver prosthetic limbs tailored specifically for affected female workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

People with leg amputations were able to control their prosthetic limbs with their brains in a significant scientific advance that allows for a smoother gait and enhanced ability to navigate obstacles ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of assistive and medical tools, including ...

The first time Angel Giuffria saw the logo on her bionic hand, she felt a sense of pride. She was born without the lower half of her left arm, and started wearing a prosthesis at six weeks old. Back ...

Despite many incredible advances, the functionality of prosthetic limbs remains limited. There's no mystery why any kind of arm or leg that you strap on to the soft exterior surfaces of your body -- ...