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 ...

Researchers at the University of Utah now report a way to make that trade-off a little bit easier. By giving a bionic hand a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Edgard John-Augustin was 4 years old when he lost both his legs in a car ...

Some say the next step in human evolution will be the integration of technology with flesh. Now, researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment -- the sense that ...

"Human Product" is on view at Parco Museum in Tokyo through April 24. Installation view of "Human Product" at Parco Museum, Tokyo. Photo courtesy Onkaos and Filip Custic. Will humanity know when ...

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 ...

BKC Faculty Associate Magda Romanska investigates posthuman disability studies and where the field fits in with conversations around modern technologies. "By probing the limits of human and machine ...

Imagine a world where robots not only look like humans but also feel like us. Advanced technology has made this possible with the invention of bionic skin. This breakthrough allows robots to ...

In Bionic (Netflix), the Brazil of an imagined near future is full of elite prosthesis athletes. A tech company’s brain-fluent software and custom, solid-fiber-crafted artificial limbs have created a ...

Adding to the dramatic effect, the Bionic Man’s face is a silicone replica of Meyer’s. Rich Walker, the managing director of the project, says his team was able to rebuild more than 50 percent of the ...

Some say the next step in human evolution will be the integration of technology with flesh. Now, researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment—the sense that ...