Plastic Foam for Body Parts [video]

Plastic Foam for Body Parts [video]

  Researchers at Cornell University have a new polymer foam with characteristics that can be useful when making prosthetic devices or replacement organs such as a functioning heart. One feature is that the material can be poured into molds to create items of a...
Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

As we’ve written before, adding the sense of touch to prosthetic hands is essential to provide the feedback that the wearer needs to make natural use of the device. Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have come up with a novel approach for a...
Closing the Loop: Prosthetics with Touch Sense

Closing the Loop: Prosthetics with Touch Sense

For the average person, the loss of a hand or arm can be an enormous physical and emotional challenge. Unfortunately, our military forces have to deal with this problem far too often. For this reason, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spends a lot...