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Groundbreaking Innovation: Bionic hand merges with user’s nervous and skeletal systems

Study takes transformative turn when a pioneering group of engineers and surgeons teamed up to craft a cutting-edge human-machine interface.

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Start-up's new 3D-printed limbs: A game-changer in the field of prosthetics

Cure Bionic's focus today - creating affordable, customized, and high-quality prosthetic limbs that can deliver a more fulfilling life.

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Oxford researchers develop new breath-driven prosthetic hands

The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option where cost is a concern.

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New technology allows amputees to control a robotic arm with their mind

researchers have developed a more accurate, less invasive technology that allows amputees to move a robotic arm using their brain signals.

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Gamechanging armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’

Researchers design first-of-its-kind multichannel soft robotic armband that conveys artificial sensations of touch.

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Stretchable pressure sensor could lead to better robotics and prosthetics

Researchers have found a way to address this issue and have designed a new pressure sensor that can be stretched up to 50 percent.

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The Helping Hand Project engineers prosthetic hands for children with upper limb differences

Helping Hand Project is composed of students who work to design and 3D print prosthetic hands for children who have upper limb differences.

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Robotic third eye helps wearers to navigate the world

Industrial design student Minwook Paeng has created a robotic Third Eye that is fixed to the forehead and looks out for obstacles.

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Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control

Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat.

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A 3D-printed soft robotic hand that can play Nintendo

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland has 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo's Super Mario

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A helping hand: Spanish inventor crafts 3D-printed, prosthetic arms

Born without the lower part of his left arm, eight-year old Juan Moyolema was thrilled to receive a new hand

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Indian Startup Builds Lightweight Bionic Hand At 1/10 The Cost

Makers Hive, a Hyderabad-based assistive technology startup, has developed the KalArm, a 3D printed, lightweight and affordable bionic arm