Prosthetics

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

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

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

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

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