For those who lose their fingers or are born without them, 3-D printers may offer an affordable way to develop prosthetics. The average cost of a prosthetic leg can be between $5,000 and $50,000, and ...

The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at ...

As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the necessity to ...

In South Africa, an estimated 300,000 individuals live with amputations, often battling economic hardships while facing the daunting reality of inaccessible prosthetic legs. For many in lower-income ...

Researchers have developed a new, data-driven way of fitting prosthetic legs which could lead to better fitting prosthetics, in less time and at a lower cost. The technology has been developed by ...

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he ...