A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

Last year, researchers at MIT announced that they'd created a bionic leg that integrates directly with an amputee's natural tissue, offering greater spatial awareness, faster walking speeds, and more ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

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STORY: This prototype prosthetic foot is designed to simulate the anatomy of a real human foot. :: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Researchers think it could be a game-changer for people with limb ...

Proteor SAS is launching the Synsys bionic leg, a sensor-equipped microprocessor-controlled knee-ankle-foot prosthetic leg for above-the-knee amputees. This new generation prosthesis coordinates knee ...

Hugh Herr's legs were amputated below his knees in 1982 after a climbing accident. From his knees down to the floor, he's completely artificial. "I'm titanium, carbon, silicon, a bunch of nuts and ...

The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., recently became the first VA medical facility to fit a patient with the Proprio Bionic Foot. The technologically advanced ...

Despite many incredible advances, the functionality of prosthetic limbs remains limited. There's no mystery why any kind of arm or leg that you strap on to the soft exterior surfaces of your body -- ...