Didow said the incident involved a fifth grader. "They found a homemade knife at the school, and the child tried to use it against another child in a classroom," said Didow. Jennifer Weidele's ...

A lightweight prosthetic hand that can move almost as freely as a human hand can help wearers carry out intricate tasks, such as tying knots, combing hair and playing chess. To replicate the ...

The study, published in Science Robotics, also reports the application of these findings to a soft prosthetic hand, which was successfully tested by individuals with physical impairments.

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 ...

CAMAS – The Camas Lions Club recently completed The Hand Project, a service initiative providing prosthetic hands to four individuals in Ethiopia. The demand for upper limb prostheses in ...

A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has unveiled a groundbreaking biomimetic prosthetic hand with high dexterity, which is capable of combing hair ...

This is the second time the Hekl family has had to start over in six months. A drunk driver crashed into their last apartment ...

Holding her son, Harley, Kelly Yun answers questions from Joshua Sims, left, and Micah Ripplinger, students in the prosthetics and ... was on hand for an evaluation and casting demo.

Prosthetic hands have failed for decades to exhibit the same quality of natural hand dexterity. All prosthetics available today perform more or less a single, specific task like gripping.