PITTSBURGH -- Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts -- but a milestone for a paralyzed man. True, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did the touching, ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have created a device that allowed a paralyzed man to control a robotic arm through his thoughts. The study, which was funded by the National Institute of Health ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm that receives signals from his brain via a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by ...

Attorney who filed $40M lawsuit against sheriff's office alleges 'systemic problems' at jail after inmate was paralyzed.

Nathan Spencer started learning how to drive around 16 years old just like everyone else. His mother took him to a local church parking lot and let him practice in her old Honda Civic. But while most ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO) (“Myomo” or the “Company”), a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological ...

Helping the paralyzed walk sounds like a miracle — but it may soon be a reality. Over the last few years, New York’s largest hospital system, Northwell Health, has been developing bioelectric ...

Zuko Carrasco worked as a professional mountain guide for a decade – leading clients on hundreds of adventures up snowcapped volcanoes in Ecuador and mountains in Argentina. But everything changed ...

A punk rock-loving concertgoer is partially paralyzed and can only move her arms after a singer launched himself into the crowd and landed on her head during a show in New York last month. Bird Piché, ...

The goal is a Star Trek-like melding of mind and machine, combining what's considered the most humanlike bionic arm to date - even the fingers bend like real ones - with tiny chips implanted in the ...