Google Doodle Celebrates Disability Advocate & Fashion Icon Mama Cax For Black History Month
As part of Black History Month, Google Doodle celebrated Haitian-American model and disability rights [...]
Prosthetics
World’s First 3D Printed Ear Made From Living Tissue Successfully Implanted On Patient
Microtia is a condition which causes the ear to remain small and undeveloped. People with this condition have [...]
Almost One Billion Children And Adults With Disabilities And Older Persons In Need Of Assistive Technology Denied Access, According To New Report
A new report published last week by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or [...]
Man Builds Low Cost Prosthetic Arm From Melted Plastic Bottles
According to a 2019 research paper, the number of worldwide upper limb amputees in that year was 3 million [...]
Patient Receives World’s First 3D Printed Permanent Prosthetic Eye
People who lose one eye have the option to get a fake eye (also called glass eye) – a prosthetic eye [...]
Artificial Intelligence Powered Prosthetic Arm Enables Drummer To Continue Making Music
Jason Barnes took a liking for drumming when he was a little boy – banging on whatever he could get his [...]
Quadriplegic Man Controls Two Prosthetic Arms Simultaneously Using Brain Interface
Robert “Buz” Chmielewski is a quadriplegic man who lost control over his limbs 30 years ago because of a [...]
Researchers Continue To Improve 3D Printed Prosthetics For Children
Thanks to 3D printing, prosthetic limbs have become extremely affordable for a lot of amputees. Even then, [...]
Electronic Skin “E-Dermis” Allows Amputees To Sense Touch & Pain Through Prosthetic Hand
The biggest benefit of a prosthetic hand is that it provides lost functionality to amputees. However, the one [...]
New Study Helps Amputees “Feel” Their Prosthetic Hands
Over the years, prosthetic limbs have become more and more common – from simple 3d printed prosthetic [...]
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