A Styrofoam coffee cup is easy to underestimate. It weighs almost nothing and collapses under the slightest excess pressure. For most people, picking it up is effortless. For someone using a ...

The human hand is incredibly complex, so designing a bionic replacement is quite a challenge. There are countless movements and grips that a normal hand needs to make, and that variety is what makes ...

BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In early September, a young boy named Ma received a brand-new hand — a mini version of the BrainCo Intelligent Bionic Hand. Born with a congenital limb difference ...

Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists and manufacturers can now offer wearers of bionic limbs devices that redefine what it means to use a prosthesis. A couple ...

BOSTON, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainCo, a leading global brain-computer interface company, has recently unveiled its next-generation bionic dexterous hand: the BrainCo Bionic Dexterous Hand ...

A complex sense of touch for individuals living with spinal cord injuries is a step closer to reality. A study published in Science, paves the way for complex touch sensations through brain ...

Samoana Matagi was one of the four participants in a study that tested the capabilities of a new bionic hand. Here, Matagi wears the bionic hand on one arm and a common prosthetic called a ...