Many people in developing countries who have lost a limb live with a common problem: They have no prosthesis. Josh Tacca, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, traveled to Quito, Ecuador, last ...

We have a huge plastic waste problem at the moment, but there are efforts to make use of this throw-away resource – including using trash collected from canals to make office furniture, creating ...

Jade Myers’ experience in Haiti several years ago helping refugees after a devastating earthquake left an impression that is inspiring her work today as a researcher in prosthetics and accessibility.

San Francisco Prosthetic Orthotic Service, located just around the corner from the Painted Ladies, is a fairly standard prosthetics shop. There's a receptionist or two in front, with some small rooms ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an easier and less expensive way to make sockets for prosthetic limbs. St. Louis, Oct. 25, 2003 -- Researchers at ...

Few entrepreneurs can claim as intimate a connection to their products as Jonathan Kuniholm. As an engineer working at the forefront of some of the latest research to improve prosthetic arms, Kuniholm ...

LIM Innovations has all the makings of a cliche startup: it was founded by a pair of surf buddies in 2012, and the company’s San Francisco office — wedged next to exactly the kind of business it is ...

LIM Innovations, a California-based healthcare startup that has created an innovative prosthetics socket, aims to close out its first round of funding–$1.5 million–by the end of October. So far the ...

A high-tech running shoe is worthless if it is two sizes too small and gives the runner blisters and pressure sores. The same goes for prosthetic limbs, according to David Sengeh, a 26-year-old ...