If the X-Finger looks like a prop from The Terminator, relax. It isn’t out to kill you, and it isn’t robotic. In fact, it’s a mechanical prosthetic finger so effective it provides articulation as fast ...

Dan Didrick's X-Finger prosthesis is digital in the old-fashioned sense: it replaces digits lost to wear and tear with fully-mobile artifical replacements. Moreover, it does so without any electrical ...

A mechanical hand utilizing DARPA-developed neural technologies has become the first to allow a paralyzed patient to feel physical sensations through a prosthesis. The 28 year-old test subject was ...

A keen cyclist who lost part of his finger in a hunting accident has made himself a prosthetic replacement out of old bicycle parts. Colin MacDuff, 41, accidentally blew most of his middle finger off ...

New i-limb digits developments increase dexterity, comfort, and ease of assembly Mansfield, MA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - September 28, 2012 - Touch Bionics, a provider of world-leading prosthetic ...

A groundbreaking, easy-to-use 3D printable finger prosthesis created by a recent University of Houston graduate could offer amputees a low-cost solution to restore finger functionality. David ...

Traditional myoelectric prosthetics require complex motorized systems that are heavy and fragile. The Hennes robotic hand is an attempt at simplifying these systems to introduce cheaper artificial ...

Here’s a project that is striving to develop a set of open source finger prosthesis. They are aimed at patients who have partial amputations. This means that part of the digit remains and can be used ...

A new robotic arm has enabled a victim of a spinal cord injury to regain motion and sensation— a technological breakthrough that offers promise for a patient population with few successful therapeutic ...

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, ...

A four-year-old whose fingers were blown off by an exploding lightbulb is finally able to 'be a little girl again' after getting a prosthetic hand. Aubry Harper was two when she suffered the ...

The X-Finger provides articulation as fast and flexible as the real thing. July 2, 2007 — -- If the X-Finger looks like a prop from The Terminator, relax. It isn't out to kill you, and it isn't ...