This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In normal vision, light falls on the retinas ...

The Paralympic Games bring to the forefront the role of technology in facilitating access to professional sports for people with amputations. Images of athletes using so-called running blades make us ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute Facial Prosthetics creates realistic prosthetics for people who have lost a part of the face due to cancer, other illnesses, or injuries. We also make prosthetics for people ...

As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the necessity to ...

The Amputee Mobility Predictor is a classification system created to assess how well someone may rehabilitate while using a prosthetic device. These classifications may also be referred to as K levels ...