The Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL), an artificial arm-and-hand mechanism that was built by the Johns Hopkins lab, has 26 joints controlled by 17 separate motors and “can do just about everything ...

The prosthetic limb in question is the Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL) from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). The Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain-Computer Interface study began a year ago ...

The science fiction trope of humans superpowered by computer and bionic implants is fast becoming a reality, and today, a ...

The complexity of human movement stems from the central nervous system's ability to organize motion using modular control ...

This story appears in the September 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. One man, one robotic arm, dozens of electrodes—these are the elements of a breakthrough experiment that’s ...

determines which cola can is the coldest using a modular prosthetic limb and thin-film thermoelectric device, both developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

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 ...

But a new advance aims to solve this 200-year-old problem by revolutionizing the fit of prosthetic limbs, according to a recent report in the journal Nature Communications. Related 'Smart ...

She received training with the prosthetic limbs, learning to write names independently and to pick up and place objects. Dr Nirmala, Dean of CMCH, said the hospital’s Artificial Limb Centre ...