Prosthetic

Q53:59Jay Ellis + Adrien MorotAdrien Morot has received his second Oscar nomination (shared with makeup artist Judy Chin and hair artist Annemarie Bradley) for creating the prosthetic fat suit Brendan Fraser wore to play a 600-pound man in…

Using a simple set of magnets, MIT researchers have come up with a sophisticated way to monitor muscle movements, which they hope will make it easier for people with amputations to control their prosthetic limbs. In a new pair of papers,…

Every 30 seconds, a leg is amputated somewhere in the world due to diabetes. These patients often suffer from neuropathy, a loss of sensation in the lower extremities, and are therefore unable to detect damage resulting from an ill-fitting…

Machines can beat the world's best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant. This lack of robot dexterity is partly because artificial grippers lack the fine tactile sense of the human fingertip, which is used…

Even still, when a sportswear brand asked if I would walk their runway show at Shanghai Fashion Week last October, I had to level with myself for a minute. An activewear brand, in principle, felt so far away from where I stood. But…

Typing on a keyboard, pressing buttons on a remote control or braiding a child's hair has remained elusive for prosthetic hand users. With current myoelectric prosthetic hands, users can only control one grasp function at a time even though…

Written by Leah Dolan, CNNKeeping you in the know, Culture Queue is an ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to.When a trailer for the new Hulu series "Pam & Tommy"…

By Online Desk Actress Yaaneea Bharadwaj had an unpleasant experience with makeup as the actress suffered a lot while getting professional makeup done.  Yaaneea’s role in a recently released film 'Chhorii' starring …

By PTI New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Central Industrial Security Force Friday apologised to noted dancer and actor Sudhaa Chandran after she said she felt disheartened and humiliated when she was recently asked to…

<!-- -->Sudhaa Chandran shared this image. (courtesy: sudhaachandran)HighlightsThe actress made an appeal to PM Modi in her post She was asked to remove her prosthetic limb at the airport She shared a video on social media…