If Luke Skywalker hadn't lived so long ago, and so very far away, he might have gone to Touch Bionics for his replacement hand. The i-Limb is supposedly the world's most advanced bionic hand. It works ...

A company called TouchBionics creates hyper-realistic skin for prosthetic limbs, complete with nails and hair and texture. Watch the mesmerizing making-of process unfold in this video. It all starts ...

University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of ...

Touch Bionics make realistic prosthetic skins, which can be used for passive and bionic limbs. The skins are called "living skin" and are made from silicon. Watch as the company showcase the process ...

A man who had his lower arm amputated has regained a realistic sense of texture using a bionic finger surgically connected to his nerves “I could tell the difference between rough and smooth – it was ...

What's being billed as the world's most advanced bionic hand has been fitted to a man in Scotland. The five fingers on the i-LIMB hand are individually powered by separate motors. This allows a better ...

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