Ayaan Shah enjoys running track — a sport that doesn’t require two fully operational arms and hands. At the same time, he says, it would be great if he could also do pushups or lift weights and build ...

Fabrizio wasn't sure what to expect of his newly outfitted prosthetic hand, until he touched one of the researchers who'd given it to him. "When one of the researchers placed the sensor on his own ...

"Well, it's really inspired me because you know now I have a left hand and I've actually made a lot more friends with this ...

Few entrepreneurs can claim as intimate a connection to their products as Jonathan Kuniholm. As an engineer working at the forefront of some of the latest research to improve prosthetic arms, Kuniholm ...

A group of middle schoolers in Warsaw is making a prosthetic hand for their classmate.This creative project is led by ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a prosthetic hand that gave an Italian man with a missing limb the ability to feel sensations of warmth and coolness when touching various objects. The new device ...

FRISCO, Texas — At 7 years old, Siddarth Nandyala's parents bought him his first STEM kit. They never realized it would lead their son to becoming an inventor and entrepreneur at a young age. Now 13, ...

STORY: In a Nigerian laboratory, Gift Usen experienced something she’d dreamed of her entire life: the feeling of having two complete hands. Born with her left arm ending at the elbow, she tested a ...

There are already a number of experimental prosthetic hands that provide users with the tactile sensation of touching an object. The MiniTouch system takes things further, as it allows users to sense ...

M I A M I, March 15 -- It was the birthday gift of a lifetime for 11-year-old Diamond Excell: a pair of arms. The Miami girl was born with a congenital deformity, without shoulders, arms or hands. But ...