For an estimated two million people in the U.S. living with limb loss, commercial-grade prosthetics can be bulky, unintuitive, and still make everyday activities, like stepping over a sleeping cat, a ...

Making a robotic fish means researching and studying how real fish move. It’s an assignment Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard gives to her engineering students, and although they give her puzzled looks, it is ...

The term “prosthesis” actually refers to any type of device that helps or replaces a body part or bodily function. Imagine going through life without one of your limbs. Or losing one of your body’s ...

Each year, thousands of people around the world lose a hand or finger, often due to accidents, war, natural disaster or illness. After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices ...

After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices can present their own challenge to these individuals, who are often in developing countries with limited medical care. A group ...

John Horne lost his right leg to bone cancer when he was a freshman in high school. This intensely personal experience spawned his career and passion for advocating for those with limb loss. The ...

BYU Global Engineering Outreach students are working with health clinics in Ecuador to provide low-cost prosthetic liner molds to help local prosthetic-wearers. (Made in Canva by Megan Zaugg) Editor's ...

Implantable microelectronic devices for overcoming blindness, paralysis, and stroke damage are the focus of a new center in which engineers from UCSC are collaborating with scientists at the ...

Losing a limb is probably one of the most physically challenging things a person can face, which is one of the reasons why researchers have been working for decades to develope prosthetics with ...

Kathmandu, Aug. 10 -- Inside the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Kathmandu, there's a dedicated wheelchair graveyard room. Hundreds of wheelchairs that once helped disabled patients get around ...

The world is not yet that advanced to bring a working eye for prosthetics, one that is usually seen in sci-fi movies and other dystopian depictions of medical technology-empowered futures. The famous ...

A design engineer who came up with the idea for his start-up after breaking both his wrists in a skateboarding accident has made it onto a prestigious list of upcoming entrepreneurs. Fergal Mackie, 28 ...