Researchers in Massachusetts have developed a prosthetic ankle that works more like the real thing than ever before. As Wyatt Andrews found out, many amputees see the limbs as so functional, they stop seeing themselves as impaired. full story ![]()
Seeing people have their limbs cut off in Sierra Leone's civil war inspired one man to create incredible bionic limbs to help amputees the world over.
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Seeing people have their limbs cut off in Sierra Leone's civil war inspired one man to create incredible bionic limbs to help amputees the world over.
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In what some are calling a bionic hand breakthrough, scientists in Switzerland reported the development of a "smart" artificial hand that lets amputees feel what they're touching or holding.
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Amputees may be able to truly 'feel' objects for the first time later this year, after a breakthrough innovation could allow bionic limbs to be wired directly to the nervous system. Without touch feedback, controlling robotic limbs accurately and picking up objects is very difficult. But Silvestro Micera of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland says he...
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A NEW study's found that the sensation of phantom limbs isn't just for amputees.
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Wounded service personnel have welcomed a government move to guarantee leg amputees get the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs available.
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A new generation of tech innovators can rewrite Africa's story, says David Sengeh,an MIT researcher from Sierra Leone, who builds bionic limbs for amputees.
cnn.com (29 days ago)
By The Associated Press, The Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic ...
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Thanks to wiring that connects it directly into the nervous system, a new bionic hand may one day return dexterity and the sensation of touch to an amputee.
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