THE FUTURE — For most, a disembodied hand inching its way across a table would be something found only in a horror movie or stress-induced dream. But for Tilly Lockey, removing the detachable hand ...

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 ...

Modern bionic hand prostheses nearly match their natural counterparts when it comes to dexterity, degrees of freedom, and capability. And many amputees who tried advanced bionic hands apparently ...

A bionic hand has been given an AI "mind of its own" to make life easier for amputees. American scientists used state of the art artificial intelligence to "fine-tune" the robotic prosthesis and ...

When he was about seven years old Aadeel Akhtar visited Pakistan with his parents, who were born there, and observed something he’d never seen in his hometown of Chicago—a girl around his age missing ...

Most of us do not think twice about picking up a cup of coffee, sending a quick text or carrying groceries in from the car. For people who use prosthetic hands, though, these everyday tasks can be a ...

Engineers at the University of Utah have given a bionic hand a mind of its own. By equipping a commercial prosthetic with pressure and proximity sensors and training an AI neural network on natural ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...

A Scot who came up with the idea for his start-up after breaking both his wrists in a skateboarding accident has made it onto a prestigious list of upcoming entrepreneurs. Fergal Mackie, 28, is a ...