Most Americans had never heard the word bionic until the TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man” came on the air in 1974. But bionics was common decades before that, in ways that affected average people: ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Retired Sergeant First Class Glen Lehman didn't initially know that he had lost an arm after an explosive dislodged the door of his armored car, while he was on patrol in Baghdad, ...

After a stroke, many people can have problems getting around. Scientists in England are working to get stroke patients back on their feet with the help of robotic technology. Researchers call it the ...

Each year, 50,000 people in the United States lose a limb. Thursday in Washington, doctors and scientists unveiled the latest technology in limb replacement, introducing the world to the patients they ...

In recent years, the field of prosthetics has seen remarkable innovations, one of which is the development of pain-sensing bionic limbs. By emulating the natural functionality and pain perception of ...

Meet Tilley Lockey: Social Media Influencer. Tilley has been in the news most recently to demonstrate her brand-new bionic hands. She lost both hands as a toddler to meningitis. For the last nine ...

GENEVA, May 18 (Reuters) - Fabrizio Fidati, who lost his right hand in an accident 25 years ago, had not experienced the sensation of temperature in his missing digits until trials for a bionic ...

Studies have given amputees hope of moving around. Bionic Leg is the Connection between body and Machine. Image Credit: Telegraph.co.uk New novel neuroprosthetic leg technology has allowed three ...

A shoe insole using bionic technology to help people with nerve damage maintain their balance has been designed by University of Queensland researchers. Dr Anna Hatton from UQ's School of Health and ...

These days it can seem like there are only two kinds of movies about the future. In one kind, we go to space and then something awful happens (Gravity, Interstellar). In the other kind, we make a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Retired Sergeant First Class Glen Lehman didn't initially know that he had lost an arm after an explosive dislodged the door of his armored car, while he was on patrol in Baghdad, ...