Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 2—Joanne Pressbury of Bel Air is a three-year amputee. After Pressbury, 62, lost her leg to diabetes, her physical therapist ...

Prosthetics have come a long way over the past half century or so. Gone are the days where "dumb" artificial limbs are the only option, and today new breakthroughs have resulted in incredibly lifelike ...

Advances in 3-D printing are making prosthetic limbs more affordable and easier to acquire. A global community called e-Nabling the Future is making low-cost prosthetic hands across the world. A ...

For two nine-year-olds from Marion County, West Virginia, the science project they presented on March 9, 2026 at the West Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair in Charleston, West Virginia was ...

Prosthetic arm. Image by StarWarsRey. CC BY-SA 4.0 Prosthetic arm. Image by StarWarsRey. CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers have developed a new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics ...

The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries. The ...

In a bid to advance the development of lifelike prosthetics, researchers turn to the sun's rays to power sensors that allow electronic skin to mimic the human kind. Leslie Katz led a team that ...

This is an example of a 3D printed doll, custom created for a child with prosthetics. All of us remember our childhood, some of us enjoyed playing games, some enjoyed reading, but one thing we all ...

Joanne Pressbury of Bel Air is a three-year amputee. After Pressbury, 62, lost her leg to diabetes, her physical therapist referred her to Real Life Prosthetics for a replacement, she said. Pressbury ...