It’s where [Coby Unger] met nine-year-old [Aidan Robinson] and helped him design his very own custom prosthetic arm. There’s a lot of problems with prosthetics for children. They’re very ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

A Texas middle schooler is thriving as a cellist after a group of dedicated high school students banded together to make her a prosthetic arm. Kayla Arqueta was born without her left hand and part ...

During a recent event held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Tech Insider had a chance to check out one of the most advanced robotic prosthetic arms we’ve ever seen.

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The Shriners Children’s Hospital shared Jackson’s story, explaining that the young Phillies fan was born without a left arm and has gone without a prosthetic arm until recently. And ...

STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and math. Divine designed a prosthetic arm that has specific gripping power. He started working on it in his sophomore year and finished up in ...

Velliste et al. now report that monkeys can perform a continuous feeding task by use of a brain–machine interface in which cortical signals control a human-like prosthetic arm. Two Macaca ...

Robbie Frei’s father lost part of his arm serving in Iraq, so Robbie designed him a new one – then shared his design. Video by Dan Kavanaugh and Bernadette Young. BBC's Tom Brook explores ...