She now has a functioning bionic prosthetic hand that can feel some sensations and help her do about 80% of what she used to do with both hands. While Luke Skywalker’s human-like bionic hand is ...

Santa’s working ahead this year. Three children with missing limbs were thrilled to receive “life-changing” bionic arms as an early Christmas present. And it’s all thanks to The Big Hero ...

A patient dubbed “the real bionic woman” has become the first to receive a robotic limb fused with both her nervous and skeletal systems. Karin, a 50-year-old woman from Sweden, had the ...

But for Tilly Lockey, removing the detachable hand from her bionic arm is a hilarious party trick and proof of the progress technology has made in the world of prosthetics. As a guest on the UK ...

A UK startup has unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, capable of working when detached from the wearer. Bristol-based Open Bionics spent four years developing its latest Hero bionic ...

Enter the Ability Hand by PSYONIC, the world's first touch-sensing bionic hand. This innovative device is designed to restore not only movement but also sensation, helping people regain a more ...

In Bionic (Netflix), the Brazil of an imagined near future is full of elite prosthesis athletes. A tech company’s brain-fluent software and custom, solid-fiber-crafted artificial limbs have ...

A team of Chinese scientists has mimicked the underlying perceptual mechanism to create a bionic finger with an integrated tactile feedback system capable of poking at complex objects to map out ...

Her latest “first steps” were different. This time, she was fitted with a bionic leg that was fully connected to her brain, allowing her to walk and move like anyone else. With this new leg ...

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