These prosthetic covers marry flair with function. McCauley Wanner and Ryan Palibroda craft stylish leg and arm covers that people can actually afford through their British Columbia-based Alleles ...
Adaptive snowboarder Mike Schultz is no ordinary Paralympian–and that’s not just because he won the gold in boardercross earlier this week or because he bore the flag for the United States during the ...
Annaliese Curtis wins MVP during a D1 National Championship game in 2022. Curtis resigned from the BYU women's rugby team this year as she prepares to graduate and take the Medical College Admission ...
Prosthetics can turn people into anything, from the fantastical to just other real-life people. But the ways that makeup designers create pieces, especially to change a face, are really where the art ...
If you wear glasses, you may have realized your visual deficit can also be an unexpected style boon. Thanks to a company combining wearable robotics with stunning (and newly award-winning) design, the ...
Recently, I wrote about a man in Nebraska named Adam Cutshall, who got a 3D-printed finger replacement 20 years after a tragic mishap. He made the mistake of using power tools while intoxicated and ...
Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...
SUTD, together with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, developed a novel 3D printed non-metallic self-locking prosthetic arm for a patient with a forequarter amputation - it is more comfortable, flexible and 20% ...
Stability plays a key role in primary total knee arthroplasty for patients and affects their overall satisfaction, making it an important consideration for orthopedic surgeons during planning and ...
Is this a case of a good design gone wrong in the build phase? Or is this DIY prosthetic arm a poor design from the get-go? Either way, [Will Donaldson] needs some feedback, and Hackaday is just the ...