MIT’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation aim to develop an integrative approach to strengthening and expanding the orthotic and prosthetic sector within the African nation.
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
Interdisciplinary research center funded by philanthropist Lisa Yang aims to mitigate disability through technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics.
MIT-Jordan Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation Seed Fund winners announced.
MIT student Eeshan Tripathii is working with his sister to engineer an intuitive brain-controlled interface for upper-limb prosthetics.
For the robotics category in a new series celebrating innovation, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed and built by the Media Lab's Biomechatronics group.
An improved method for magnet tracking enables high-speed wireless tracking through various materials.
MIT senior will use Marshall Scholarship to work on devices that enhance mobility for the disabled.
Researchers improve the designs for low-cost 3-D-printed arms and hands.
Researchers design cheap prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion.
Amos Winter designs, builds, and delivers products for underserved populations around the world.
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart.
Media Lab doctoral student created a competition to help youth in his home country create their own solutions.