Prosthetics

UW researchers develop flexible shear force and vibration sensor for use in robots and prosthetics

The "skin" can be stretched over any part of a robots body or prosthetic and lets them successfully grasp and manipulate objects.

Salman Khan to play a 75 year old in Kabir Khan's upcoming film?

After playing an innocent misfit in Tubelight, Salman Khan is in talks with Kabir Khan for another project where he will play a 75-year-old.

Oscar Pistorius walks without prosthetics in court to highlight disability ahead of sentencing

Brad Pitt's cheeks, VFX wizardry: How Shah Rukh Khan got his 'Gaurav' look in 'Fan'

How the Fan team worked painstakingly to create Shah Rukh Khan's 'Gaurav' look in the film

New chip implant can transmit wireless signals to move prosthetics

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a smart chip that can be paired with neural implants for efficient wireless transmission of brain signals to help combat Parkinson's disease or allow paraplegic people to move their prosthetic limbs.

Paralyzed US man becomes first person to 'feel' sensations through prosthetic hand

A 28-year-old paralysed man in the US has become the first person to "feel" physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.

Eight-year old Zion Harvey becomes first child to receive double hand transplant

In the world's first successful double hand transplant on a child, US doctors have successfully transplanted donor hands and forearms onto eight-year-old Zion Harvey whose own were amputated several years ago.

Watch: Tortoise who lost her legs gets prosthetic wheels, moves at twice her previous speed

A 90-year-old tortoise who lost her legs was saved when her owner's son attached the wheels from a model aircraft to her shell.

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand

Now, a prosthetic limb that can feel

European researchers said Wednesday they have created a "revolutionary" prosthetic hand that helped an amputee who had not experienced the sensation of touch for over nine years to feel differences again in real-time.