Keven Walgamott, a real estate agent who lost his left hand and part of his arm in an electrical accident in 2002, got emotional when he was able to clasp his hands together and "feel" the space ...

The Life Under Kinetic Evolution arm is the world™s most advanced commercial prosthetic. The LUKE arm has the potential to change the lives of veterans with upper arm amputations. The premier source ...

Humans have been building prosthetics for millennia; the oldest known artificial limb is the "Cairo Toe," discovered in the tomb of a wealthy Egyptian noblewoman and thought to date to 950 BC. By the ...

The Life Under Kinetic Evolution arm is the world™s most advanced commercial prosthetic. The LUKE arm has the potential to change the lives of veterans with upper arm amputations. Join thousands of ...

This macro-sieve electrode developed by Dan Moran's lab at Washington University in St. Louis may allow upper-limb amputees who used motorized prosthetic devices to feel various sensations through the ...

A prosthetic limb called the Deka Arm, but affectionately nicknamed 'Luke' after Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval. The new arm ...

New material could reboot the sense of touch in amputees and the paralyzed. The ability to feel an artificial limb is one of the most base things to make it feel natural. the fact that we can do this ...

Luke Skywalker losing his right hand may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for real-life amputees. Because at the stroke of Darth Vader's lightsaber, the grizzliest moment in "The Empire Strikes ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

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: ...

As director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service, Frederick Downs Jr. has more than a professional interest in the devices the department offers veterans who have ...

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 ...