Fergal Mackie, 28, founded of Edinburgh-based Metacarpal in 2020, which develops fully mechanical prosthetic hands.

After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices can present their own challenge to these individuals, who are often in developing countries with limited medical care. A group ...

Each year, thousands of people around the world lose a hand or finger, often due to accidents, war, natural disaster or illness. After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices ...

The term “prosthesis” actually refers to any type of device that helps or replaces a body part or bodily function. Imagine going through life without one of your limbs. Or losing one of your body’s ...

Graduate student Peyton Young works with a robotic arm controlled by electromyography (EMG) signals. Young has now developed a technique to use pressure measurements from muscles (force myography, FMG ...

SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) — Christmas came early this year for a 9-year-old boy in Scituate. Ollie Mancini was born without the lower part of his left arm. He always wanted a prosthetic, and a group of ...

The University of Dayton offers programs for students to integrate a holistic education into meaningful action. Mechanical engineering student Clare Pitstick found her vocation in prosthetics and ...

Implantable microelectronic devices for overcoming blindness, paralysis, and stroke damage are the focus of a new center in which engineers from UCSC are collaborating with scientists at the ...

Editor's Note: For the 36th year in a row, The Day is publishing a series of stories from May 18 to June 5 about graduating seniors in our 19 area high schools. This year we are profiling top students ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After a month of designing, 3D-printing and making modifications, a team of high school engineering students in Hendersonville, Tennessee, built a fellow student at ...

A multi-disciplinary team has found a way to convert nerve impulses into light, opening the way for more scalable neural implants. Biomedical and electrical engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a ...

Mary Ann Stanton '89 first met Doug, a three-legged golden retriever, when her daughter offered to dog sit the two-year-old, high-energy pup. It was going to be a temporary arrangement, but when ...