San Francisco Giants invite Jamie Grohsong to throw ceremonial first pitch at Oracle Park after he learned to play baseball ...

A UK startup called Open Bionics has just unveiled the world's first wireless bionic arm, called Hero — and it's so advanced that the hand can fully detach and amble about on its own, like the Addams ...

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Researchers at the University of Utah now report a way to make that trade-off a little bit easier. By giving a bionic hand a limited form of artificial intelligence, they have created a prosthesis ...

One of the defining television sensations of the 1970s was The Six Million Dollar Man, the story of astronaut Steve Austin ...

That was thanks to her leading role in hit TV show Bionic Woman, which followed tennis player Jaime Sommers who is rebuilt using technology after a sky-diving accident. The super-strong protagonist ...

Acclaimed Brazilian classical pianist Joao Carlos Martins makes his triumphant return to Carnegie Hall with the help of a 'bionic' glove. Martins lost the use of his right hand through a series of ...

Australian swimmer Jessica Smith has had an uneasy relationship with prosthetics since a childhood accident, but her convictions are being challenged by a British bionic hand that can be updated ...