Lacey Fredrick, who lost her arm in a 2023 crash involving a police pursuit, is pioneering the use of a new prosthetic hand, ...

I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realize that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE (KABC) -- Army Capt. Carey DuVal is helping test a new robotic prosthetic hand that is changing the game for amputees across the world. "The big hook here is a gesture control where I ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

MIT has created a soft, inflatable robotic hand that it hopes will give amputees back the tactile control that's lost with a traditional prosthetic device. Engineers on the project aim to help more ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...