During his final semester at college, Vitaliy Bondarchuk created a multitool prosthetic arm. But his creation is more than just a senior project — it's also a way for him to help his 7-year-old sister ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VR tests show autonomous prosthetic arms feel most “yours” when they move at human-like speed, about a 1-second reach. (CREDIT: ...

When AI powered prosthetic arms that move autonomously become widespread, understanding how people feel about them and accept them will be crucial. In this study, we used virtual reality to simulate a ...

An early Christmas present came to some people from Tanzania visiting South Jersey for life-altering interventions. Certain people in the East African country are hunted for body parts. Many are left ...

Until recently, the different movements of prosthetic arms — bending the elbow, turning the wrist and opening and closing the hand — all required separate motors. They were capable of very limited ...

I don't think they meant to take the arm, but the arm is now missing,' says two-year-old boy's mother A Winnipeg mom is asking people to keep their eyes open for something stolen from her two-year-old ...

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jon Kuniholm (left) and Army Maj. Marc Hoffmeister pause during roped team movement on Pika Glacier in Alaska, 2008.Army photo Few entrepreneurs can claim as intimate a ...

A Baringo woman, Gladys Chepyegon, shares her heart-wrenching story of losing both arms after a fire, pleading for support to ...

A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it's there. "Most days, it just feels like I've got my arm next to me," she ...

A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as if it is thinking about the move. In a new virtual reality study, both extremes felt wrong. When a ...