A Styrofoam coffee cup is easy to underestimate. It weighs almost nothing and collapses under the slightest excess pressure. For most people, picking it up is effortless. For someone using a ...

Recent advancements in technology have revolutionized the world of assistive and medical tools, and prosthetic limbs are no exception. We've come a long way from the rigid, purely cosmetic prosthetics ...

A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH) has developed an algorithm that enabled a man whose right hand had been amputated to grasp objects using a bionic hand controlled by his ...

A prototype 3D-printed myoelectric prosthetic hand developed in Japan successfully passed a test by an upper-arm amputee, performing a series of intricate finger motions with more than 90% accuracy.

Scientists have successfully tested new neuroprosthetic technology that combines robotic control with users' voluntary control, opening avenues in the new interdisciplinary field of shared control for ...

In the real world, you use your hands constantly to manipulate all kinds of objects and communicate with others. Facebook-owned Oculus hopes a pair of half-moon, button-studded hand controls that will ...

Parapalegic racer Robert Wickens has been working with Bosch to create better hand controls for his Hyundai Elantra N TCR race car. Wickens will race the car at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring this ...

Being able to drive is an important step towards independence, not only for the young ones, but also for people with a physical disability. Opel is targeting the second group with new hand controls ...