Amputees

Amputees may be able to play piano, drums with this ultrasonic sensor

The new device attaches an ultrasound probe to the arm, which can help doctors watch how muscles move.

Dec 13, 2017, 17:22 PM IST

This new bionic hand offers new hope to amputees! Here's why

The bionic hand is responding ten times more quicker than the current prosthetics and also offers a new hope to amputees.

May 04, 2017, 18:50 PM IST

This heat-sensitive artificial skin may help amputees sense temperature again

While fabricating synthetic woods in a petri dish, the team led by California Institute of Technology's Chiara Daraio created a material that exhibited an electrical response to temperature changes in the laboratory. 

Jan 31, 2017, 09:02 AM IST

Coming very soon! Luke prosthetic arm that will change lives of amputees (Watch video)

Previously known as the Deka Arm, the Luke arm - developed by Segway creator Dean Kamen and DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) - integrates the latest technology in electronics, motors, batteries, and materials.  

Jul 12, 2016, 10:28 AM IST