Watching Star Wars recently, I got to thinking about Luke Skywalker's bionic hand. As robots become increasingly dexterous and tactile sensors become smaller and more capable, the essential components ...

Prosthetic body parts have been around in many shapes and forms for thousands of years. But up until just a few decades ago, they were often uncomfortable, provided little to no control for the user ...

Most Americans had never heard the word bionic until the TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man” came on the air in 1974. But bionics was common decades before that, in ways that affected average people: ...

From Tony Stark and fanciful fiction to the real-life prostheses under development in labs around the world, bionic body parts have long promised to enhance the physical capabilities of human beings.

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

"This tactile technology opens up a non-optical way for the nondestructive testing of the human body and flexible electronics," says Luo. "Next, we want to develop the bionic finger’s capacity for ...

In dozens of operating rooms where they’re installing new joints, the bionic body, once science fiction, is now routine. New York's Hospital for Special Surgery replaces more than 4,000 joints every ...

An international research team involving scientists from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the United States has made a remarkable breakthrough in bionic arm technology. Their pioneering work has led to ...

DAYTON, Tenn. — Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic arms, but he can climb a ladder at his house and apply a fresh coat of paint. He’s also good with a weed-whacker, bending his elbow and rotating his ...

A bionic eye prototype is in the works, thanks to a new 3D-printed device. Researchers at the University of Minnesota were able to 3D-print on a hemispherical surface an array of light receptors.