Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"—a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at ...

Prostheses are morphing into mind-controlled extensions of the human body that let their wearers feel what they're touching. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet ...

Engineers have created an electronic 'skin' in an effort to restore a real sense of touch for amputees using prosthetics. Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb" -- a feeling that ...

Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"--a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at ...

A prosthetic hand can high-five, caress a face, and even interlace its fingers with those of a human. But without the sense of touch, these gestures seem unsatisfying and incomplete. Until now, the ...

In 2018, Johnny Matheny became the first person to take home the world's most advanced Modular Prosthetic Limb—developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory—for a yearlong opportunity to ...

In a breakthrough approach that combines virtual reality and artificial tactile sensations, two amputees feel as though their prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. Moreover, the scientists show ...

Keven Walgamott had a good "feeling" about picking up the egg without crushing it. What seems simple for nearly everyone else can be more of a Herculean task for Walgamott, who lost his left hand and ...

A clinical trial participant shows his neural-enabled prosthetic arm at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Maryland, Oct. 22, 2025. (Ann Brandstadter/DOD) A U.S. soldier participating in a ...

Thirty years ago, [Robert “Buz” Chmielewski] suffered a surfing accident as a teenager. This left him as a quadriplegic due to a C6 spinal cord injury. After becoming a participant in a brain-computer ...

Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"--a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at ...