Month: September 2015

Paralyzed Veterans of America recently announced it has received a $200,000 adaptive sports grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for its sports and recreation program. It is one of 89 programs to receive a grant.  “These are vital funds…

Paralyzed Veterans of America recently announced it has received a $200,000 adaptive sports grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for its sports and recreation program. It is one of 89 programs to receive a grant.  “These are vital funds…

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a stretchable optic sensor that, when embedded into a soft robotic hand, could be used to improve feedback for the device. The robotic hand, which was developed together with researchers at Intelligent Fiber…

SEATTLE — Research presented here found both decreased numbers of high volume surgeons and hospitals performing digital replantation and lower rates of successful digital replantation in the United States during a 15-year period, leading them to call for the establishment…

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed software allowing powered prostheses to tune themselves automatically. “When a patient gets a powered [prosthesis], it needs to be customized to account for…

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed software allowing powered prostheses to tune themselves automatically. “When a patient gets a powered [prosthesis], it needs to be customized to account for…

Bionic prosthetic device company iWalk (also known as BiOM) recently announced that the company has relaunched itself as BionX Medical Technologies, Inc. According to a company press release, the name change is meant “to better reflect its commitment to delivering…

Bionic prosthetic device company iWalk (also known as BiOM) recently announced that the company has relaunched itself as BionX Medical Technologies, Inc. According to a company press release, the name change is meant “to better reflect its commitment to delivering…

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received two grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation to research walking exoskeletons. Nitin Sharma, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and material science at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of…

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received two grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation to research walking exoskeletons. Nitin Sharma, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and material science at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of…