UYO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gift Usen cannot wait to have her hand. Born 25 years ago in Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria, she has navigated through her life with only one fully developed hand. "I grew up to ...

A UK startup has unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, capable of working when detached from the wearer. Bristol-based Open Bionics spent four years developing its latest Hero bionic arm, ...

A farmer who lost his arm in a harvester accident has become the first NHS patient to be fitted with the world’s most advanced bionic limb. Ashley Herbert was just 24 when his right hand got caught in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Vienna and London have shown that even years after an arm amputation, detailed movement commands survive in the ...

A social media star has helped develop the world’s most advanced robotic arm – designed over four years with £2m research. Amputee singer and model Tilly Lockey, 19, says she feels like a ‘superhero’ ...

Researchers have built a prosthetic hand that, with the help of artificial intelligence, can act a lot more like a natural one. The key is to have the hand recognize when the user wants to do ...

When Shota Bitadze returned to the trenches in Ukraine, months after being severely wounded, he attempted to keep the extent of his injuries secret from his comrades. “At first no one knew I was ...

An amazing video shows the world’s first fully waterproof bionic arm submerged in a water tank. Open Bionics, based in Bristol, UK, launched its state-of-the-art Hero RGD and Hero PRO bionic hands on ...

Just call your everyday hero. In a tweet on Tuesday, the alum shared a video of his Skype call with an 11-year-old girl named Bella Tadlock, who recently received a robotic arm in the style of her ...

Samoana Matagi was one of the four participants in a study that tested the capabilities of a new bionic hand. Here, Matagi wears the bionic hand on one arm and a common prosthetic called a ...