When most of us walk over uneven ground, our feet respond to the dips and humps by flexing the ankle and moving the toes. Prosthetic feet typically don't do so, often resulting in falls. An ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (FORT COLLINS, Colo) — When Garrison Hayes was only six years old, his life took a sudden turn when doctors discovered ...

There are nearly 2 million Americans living with limb loss, and those numbers continue to grow as wounded servicemen and women return home. After losing a leg to an injury or disease, it takes time to ...

Engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that they can tailor to an individual. Given a user's body weight and size, the researchers can tune the shape and stiffness of the ...

Brenda Ogden is surprised that her £2,000 leg was found washed up on the Holderness coast on Monday.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For hours on end last year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers ran the brain-controlled robotic limb through its paces, testing its capabilities on a series of patients ...

For the last few years of the Hackaday Prize, there have been more than a few prosthetic devices presented. Almost without exception, the target for these projects are prosthetic hands. That’s a ...

This design enables prosthetics to be tuned to matched an individual’s weight and size. Prosthetic technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, but most high-tech designs cost tens of thousands of ...

During a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday, prosthetics manufacturer Ossur announced the release of an implantable sensor that allows users to mentally control a mechanical limb. The ...

Triumph's caretaker at a wildlife rescue center in Australia had been searching for a prosthetic foot for years. A local dentist figured out how to make one. Triumph is loving his new pink foot. Good ...

Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled by microchips, sensor-laden feet driven by artificial ...