There are two control strategies that can be employed to power ProDigits: either myoelectric sensors that register muscle signals from the residual finger or palm, or a pressure-sensitive switch input ...

British company Touch Bionics has created the world's first powered bionic fingers that can be used by patients with missing fingers. ProDigits, as the device is called, can help its users bend, touch ...

The world's first bionic fingers which allow users with damaged hands to pick up a glass, hold cutlery and even write have been developed by British scientists. By Richard Alleyne and Richardalleyne ...

The fact that the hand is such a debilitating body part to lose has spurred researchers to develop a functional and aesthetically pleasing bionic replacement. While seemingly not as severe as the loss ...

Touch Bionics has been at this bionic prosthetics business for a while now, already providing i-Limb solutions to those deprived of the use of their hands or arms. The company's latest innovation is ...

In a middle seat on a recent flight from New York to Florida, Eric Jones quietly enjoyed actions that most other people just accept - such as taking a cup of coffee from the flight attendant and ...

Four-year-old Sasha Forrest examines an artificial hand known as Prodigits at the BBC Tomorrow's World Live Exhibition in London's Earls Court. It was designed by a team at the bioengineering centre ...

ERIC JONES sat in a middle seat on a recent flight from the New York area to Florida, but he wasn’t complaining. Instead, he was quietly enjoying actions that many other people might take for granted, ...