‘I’ve got to fight it’: Sydney shark attack survivor Leah Stewart recalls facing a great white shark and the thought that kept her aliveLeah Stewart shares her harrowing experience of a great white shark attack at Coogee Beach, where she fought valiantly for her life while k...
24 Aug, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
‘The Walking Dead’s Merle Dixon was almost real: 1,400 years ago, an Italian man lost his hand and replaced it with a knifeA 1,400-year-old skeleton found in northern Italy revealed the remarkable story of a Medieval man who survived the loss of his right hand a...
11 Aug, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Warehouse for prosthetics and other critical medical devices opens in MaharashtraCelcius Logistics and Ottobock India have launched a new warehouse in Thane, Maharashtra. This facility will store and distribute prostheti...
08 May, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
Aether Biomedical: Meet the Indian company which is literally re-arming Ukraine soldiersA Ukrainian soldier who lost his legs while clearing mines has found hope at the Superhumans Centre in Lviv. The centre, established after ...
28 Sep, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
How Russia depicts wounded soldiers: As heroes, or not at allThe conflict between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a significant number of war wounded, estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. ...
15 Feb, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
When your mind lets you control a robotic arm, restore the sense of touchAdding a sense of touch drastically improves the functionality of prosthetics for quadriplegics.
21 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
When 73-year-old Mike Parr went down under for 72 hoursThe stunt comes as part of a so-called Dark Mofo festival held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
23 Jun, 2018, 03.37 PM IST
- Jaipur Foot organisation working with US university to develop artificial hand
New York, May 15 (IANS) Having helped 1.7 million people around the world gain mobility with the famous Jaipur Foot, the organisation is no...
15 May, 2018, 12.03 PM IST
- New module could give prosthetic arms delicate sense of touch
New York, April 28 (IANS) Losing an arm need not mean losing all sense of touch as researchers have developed a new sensory control module ...
28 Apr, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Apple proposes new emojis to represent people with disabilitiesFrom service dogs to a prosthetic arm, iPhone maker Apple has proposed 13 new emojis to better represent people with disabilities, accordin...
25 Mar, 2018, 04.30 PM IST
The robot arm that could one day assist soldiers and even patientsOur team also used resource material from the “Titan Arm” project of the University of Pennsylvania. The resource material was of invaluabl...
20 Mar, 2018, 02.12 PM IST
Startup CEO loses arm after crocodile attackDozee cofounder Mudit Dandwate was visiting Thattekere lake, located inside a forest area about 55 km from the city, with a friend.
26 Jun, 2017, 10.05 AM IST
Indian-origin teen in US creates 3D-printed robotic armA 17-year-old Indian-origin boy in the US has developed a low-cost 3D-printed robotic arm that is programmed to replicate movements of a hu...
04 Aug, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
New device to allow sensations in prosthetic handIf it works, upper-limb amputees who use motorised prosthetic devices would be able to feel various sensations through the prosthetic, whic...
14 May, 2015, 06.03 PM IST
Delhi High Court questions Centre on providing modern prosthetics to armed forces personnelDelhi High Court asked Centre why it was not providing modern prosthetics to armed forces personnel who lost their limbs in the service of ...
06 May, 2015, 11.15 PM IST
New artificial skin senses many types of touchResearchers have developed an artificial skin that is warm and elastic and can sense many types of touch just like real skin.
11 Dec, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
- New-age bionics moving closer to robotics with accent on sensing and thought control
With bionics, a blind can see, a deaf can hear and lame can walk. And that’s just the beginning. New-age bionics is moving closer to roboti...
07 Aug, 2011, 02.37 PM IST