They are called blade runners, elite athletes who are among the fastest in the world. They are fastest running with only one or even no legs, and they are among the first to break records with a new ...

An estimated 40 million people across the world need a prosthetic limb. but the functionality of commercial limbs has remained stagnate -- not to mention expensive. A new prosthetic can cost anywhere ...

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, ...

The skin is an organ that’s easily taken for granted, but it actually does a great deal of work. Human skin is sensitive, able to receive varied stimuli. At the same time, it’s robust enough to endure ...

There are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Small prosthetics company Unlimited Tomorrow in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is ...

Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional, or just don’t feel like a part of someone’s body. But in a recent study in iScience, ...

Currently, most powered prosthetic limbs are controlled by electrodes in the user's residual stump. An experimental new MIT system, however, is claimed to work better by replacing those electrodes ...

BOULDER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They are called blade runners, elite athletes who are among the fastest in the world. The fastest running with only one or even no legs and they are among the ...

BOULDER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Blade runners are elite athletes who are among the fastest in the world. The fastest running blade runners with only one or no legs are among the first to break ...