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Lab-grown ‘sushi roll’ muscle brings biohybrid prosthetic hands closer to reality
Researchers in Japan have taken a major step forward in biohybrid robotics by developing a hand powered by lab-grown muscle tissue. A collaborative effort between the University of Tokyo and Waseda ...
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Lisa DeJong paralympic snowboarder: From Biggar to the podium and now the bookshelf
Lisa DeJong’s journey from a small-town in Saskatchewan to the ski hill and then to the Paralympic podium is now inspiring ...
Experiments show untrained patient with prosthetic hand can tell objects apart by touch
Researchers from Skoltech, prosthetics manufacturer Motorica, and Far Eastern Federal University have for the first time ...
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Frustration mounts with delayed athletic prosthetic coverage law
Insurers were supposed to start covering recreational prosthetics on Jan. 1, but the state is still deciding how to implement ...
Women providing prosthetics
When she was just a student in the UK Kate Allen inspired by the child of a family friend designed a prosthetic that can actually grow with children. She went on to found ExpHand Prosthetics providing ...
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‘I found my place’: Man shares limb loss journey with clients, creates prosthetics at Hanger Clinic in Greeley
What brought me here the most was the thought in my head, ‘I am here because of my kids,’ ” he said. “Not everybody has that.