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"Smart" prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates. A better way would be ...
Prosthetics have advanced tremendously over time, but the devices can still pose a challenge to those who use them. Artificial limbs can't communicate with the brain seamlessly and unconsciously like ...
An after-school program at Chickasaw High School is giving students the skills to touch lives around the world. The Life ...
Researchers have developed a new, data-driven way of fitting prosthetic legs which could lead to better fitting prosthetics, ...
Watch: This woman shares a milestone moment of walking with her new prosthetic legs for the first time without help.
Considered something like a prosthesis in three layers, tests have shown it to grant greater agility, comfort, and sense of "embodiment." ...
VIENNA, Austria (WPVI) -- An Austrian professor has unveiled the first-ever prosthetic leg that can feel. The leg has electronic sensors wired into the sole, to measure contact with the ground. Hubert ...
LONG ISLAND, New York -- He is a model of inspiration and determination, a Marine who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. In fact, 6% of injured veterans are amputees. Dan Lasko, 33, is ...
Stitches put his best hoof forward for the media Wednesday morning. Make that his best prosthetic hoof. Stitches, a 15-year-old Sicilian miniature donkey owned by Tracy and Steven Amonette of ...