Technology is more than just mechanisms and design -- it's ultimately about people. Adriene Simon/College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, CC BY-SA To think about an artificial limb is to think ...

After working as a Rutgers University audit administrator for decades, Monroe resident Lydia Gray was excited to retire and finally expand her small business selling chin-chin, a traditional West ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A local man is on the road to recovery after losing his hand in a hiking accident. "I've been hiking in San Diego since I was about 14 years old. It's one of my favorite things to ...

For most people, sensing temperature is second nature. You grab a hot cup of coffee and instinctively pull back if it's too warm. You touch a cold glass of water and immediately register the chill.

Jackie Kirwan has been given the chance to hold her late daughter’s hand again after it was successfully transplanted onto Kim Smith.

For the more than 5 million people in the world who have undergone an upper-limb amputation, prosthetics have come a long way. Beyond traditional mannequin-like appendages, there is a growing number ...

An MIT-developed inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs a fraction of comparable prosthetics. For ...

A Danish man who lost his left hand in an accident almost a decade ago recently was able to "feel" an object using a state-of-the-art prosthetic hand, researchers are reporting. Dennis Aabo Sorensen ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

Human hands rarely drop tools because our brain continuously adjusts grip force based on tactile and kinesthetic feedback," explains Professor Fang ...

Kanpur, After an eight-day wait, a revised medical inquiry has held two private hospitals guilty of "serious negligence" for allegedly delaying treatment to an ITBP jawan's mother, resulting in the ...

Kanpur’s health department has ordered a fresh inquiry into the hand amputation of ITBP jawan Vikas Singh’s mother, Nirmala ...