“When we touch an object, different sensory neurons in our skin code its shape, pressure and texture ... it’s important to have prosthetic limbs that feel to users like they’re part ...

Approximately 2.1 million people in the United States are currently living with limb loss, but the dream of amputees feeling human touch through their prosthetics may be closer to fruition than ever.

The prosthetic limb in question is the Modular Prosthetic ... which provides the patient with feedback on the position and pressure on the prosthetic, but also that it involves both hemispheres ...

As Nathan himself described it after the experiments, it felt more like pressure and a tingle ... simplistic touch sensors to prosthetic, brain-controlled limbs could make for a much appreciated ...

When an amputee patient thinks about walking, the prosthetic limb moves naturally A high-tech prosthetic leg enables amputees to walk naturally and at normal speeds without consciously thinking ...

They implanted tiny magnets in the muscles of a man's residual limb, allowing sensors in a prosthetic socket to detect muscle movements as the magnets change position. The socket then sends signals to ...

Jason lost his left arm in an industrial accident in 2012 - he's been working with Atom Limbs to test and develop their new prosthetic. The firm has combined a range of innovations, including ...

We’re familiar with the idea of prosthetic limbs, but what about prosthetic protein components? Proteins – large, complex, folded molecules comprised of strings of amino acid building blocks – perform ...