Oregon-based mechanical engineer Ian Davis is in the midst of building an extraordinary prosthetic hand. The partial hand—in the videos and pictures below—is stunningly intricate and now, after two ...

A Scot who came up with the idea for his start-up after breaking both his wrists in a skateboarding accident has made it onto a prestigious list of upcoming entrepreneurs. Fergal Mackie, 28, is a ...

Prostheses are having a renaissance. Amputees with $10,000 or more can strap on a mechanical hand that they can actually control with their thoughts, much like they’re using a biological hand. But the ...

CAMAS — The Camas Lions Club is assembling mechanical prosthetic hands as a part of a project that aims to provide them for people in developing countries. The organization said in a news release the ...

OREM, Utah (KUTV) — A Utah Valley University student is finding a way to use his passion for 3D printing to help others. And it turns out, that hobby is working to his own benefit as well. Matt Thomas ...

The UNB Multi-function Prosthetic Hand produced a commercially viable prosthesis with novel mechanical design mechanisms. I designed and prototyped the mechanical drive systems including a coupled ...

Prosthetic hands can cost thousands of dollars. Steven Reimer ’24 designed one for less than $300. His research will provide free prosthetics to amputees in India. Prosthetic hands can cost thousands ...

Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional, or just don’t feel like a part of someone’s body. But in a recent study in iScience, ...

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