Prosthetics

Sciences & Technology

‘You don’t need fancy equipment to make good prostheses’

An inexpensive system for customised prosthetic sockets is producing much-needed assistive devices for people around the world

Health & Medicine

Part human, part robot: The future of medical implantables

Pacemakers and cochlear implants seemed like the stuff of science fiction when they were first introduced, and the newest generation of medical implants are just as mind-boggling

Health & Medicine

Five ways 3D printing is changing medicine

3D printing technology is set to revolutionise medicine from prosthetics and tissue engineering, to customised medicines that are manufactured on demand

Health & Medicine

Breaking the skin barrier

These chemically engineered polymer-tantalum devices may be the key to tricking skin to grow on implants, opening the way for implantable robotics

Sciences & Technology

A new leg to stand on

Engineers are changing lives in the developing world with a unique project using low-cost prosthetics