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This Is Why You Absolutely Need To Stop Wearing Shoes In Your House

I always wondered why so many cultures around the world (except for America) left shoes off at or outside the door. Now I know why! You shouldn't wear shoes in your home for several reasons.

10 Things Amputees and People With Limb Differences Want You to Know

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

How 3D Printing is Changing Prosthetics

After an amputation, finding the right prosthetic is key – and it’s not that simple. There are tons of factors to consider. And everyone’s experiences are different, there are two big challenges to finding the right prosthetic: cost and fit. But a new (and way cool) technology could be changing all that: 3D printing. While 3D …

How A Rwandan Amputee Is Changing Prosthetics For The Developing World

"My hope is that this prosthetic socket is designed for amputees in developing countries," Claudine Humure says. "Amputees that don't have access to these high-end prosthetic limbs for people with access to insurance and money. Like families that make less than $300 a year in Rwanda. My hope is that poor people have access to it and gain their independence."

Building a sensing prosthetic with the Raspberry Pi

Content advisory: this article contains frank discussions of breast cancer. What's the first question you ask your surgeon when you're discussing reconstruction options after breast cancer? "How many USB ports can you give me?" is probably not the one that comes to mind for many people! Although the remark was said jokingly, it sparked a thread that would ultimately become SenseBreast—an early prototype of a sensing mastectomy prosthetic, based on open hardware.

How the 'Hero Arm' is changing the abilities of prosthetics

Hanger Clinic uses a 3D printer to get an exact fit for the bionic prosthesis. It has different grips, a light touch, a hard grip. It even allows her to do fun greetings, like a peace sign.

Is There a Slippery Slope From Prosthetics to Cyborgs?

Science fiction has long featured humans enhanced with machine bodies, yet cyborgs arguably already exist in the present day.

4 Ways to Prevent Prosthetic Joint Infection

What you need to know about prosthetic joint infection after surgery

How Google is Helping Amputees get 3D-printed Prosthetics

The tech giant has promised to donate in a big way to causes trying to help people with disabilities

How Bleeding Prosthetics Are Created For TV And Movies

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What Do Actors Lose When Prosthetics Become the Star?

Hollywood’s obsession with making celebs “unrecognizable” is not helping their performances.

Kids With Disabilities Become Superheros By Designing Their Own Prosthetics

One design was called “Project Unicorn.” Need we say more?

Is Damage to Prosthetic Limbs Considered Property Damage or Injury?

Find out if damage to prosthetic limbs is considered to be property damage or personal injury. Contact our attorneys if you were injured.

Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity

Bionic technology is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people and raising profound questions of what it is to be human

UAMS helps build prosthetic for Marshallese man

A Marshallese man is given a new prosthetic leg completely free.

Prosthetic 'smart' skin can feel all of the things

A stretchy synthetic skin is embedded with sensors to replicate a skin-like sense of touch for prosthetics.

3D Printed Prosthetics: How One Company Is Helping Those in Need

Read how Toughware Prosthetics is helping people in developing countries using Markforged technology

Why wear a prosthetic when you could become a superhero instead?

3D printing and design expertise enabled six children with upper-limb differences to build prosthetics that gave them superpowers