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For the First Time, Artificial Feet Can Feel the Ground
Scientists in Austria are taking their research on prosthetic limbs one step further by restoring the sense of touch to those who wear them.
Professor...
Toddler Without Feet Gets Puppy Without Paw
In a match made in dog heaven, a toddler without feet gets a new puppy who is missing a paw.
Sapphyre Johnson, a three-year-old who lost...
Cheers For Good Deeds By Airlines to Rescue Stranded Travelers
When airport problems stranded a business traveler on the West Coast and a cheerleading team on the East Coast, good Samaritans at rival airlines,...
Paralyzed Woman Flies Jet Fighter On-Screen Using Only Her Thoughts
Mind control has long been a favorite subject of science fiction writers. Characters from Professor X, in the Xmen series, to the anti-heroine in the movie Lucy have...
Boy Gets New Bionic Arm From ‘Tony Stark’ Himself (Robert Downey Jr.)
Robert Downey Jr. took time last weekend to present Alex Pring with a new hi-tech prosthetic arm designed to look like the red metallic...
15th Person to Get Bionic Eye Implant Sees Wife Again After 10 Years
Thanks to a medical breakthrough from the Mayo Clinic, a 68-year-old Minnesota man got to feel love at first sight again when he saw...
Teen Can Finally Play Guitar Thanks To 3D-Printed Hand
A teen who wanted to play guitar but had no right hand since birth is now rocking out thanks to a new prosthesis by the...
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18) Some Police Officers REALLY Do Care
An El Paso Police Officer helped out a homeless man in need during a December, 2013 snowstorm. According...
Dog With No Paws Runs for First Time With 3D-Printed Legs
A South Carolina tech company has successfully outfitted Derby the dog with 3D printed prosthetics, allowing him to run down the street for the...
Five Perfect Stories to Read for Holiday Travelers
If you are waiting in an airport, a train, a security line, or awaiting the arrival of a flight home, these five stories are...
Amputee Veterans Teach Sports to Kids Who Also Lost Limbs (Video)
Veterans who have learned to cope without limbs are instilling confidence in young amputees by teaching them to play softball at a camp in...
Viewer’s Generosity Changes Afghan Boy’s Life
Caught in an Afghanistan firefight, 12 year-old Obaid lost both his legs last year, but refused to give up hope for a wonderful life.
He...
Quadruple Amputee Stuns TV’s Mike Rowe: ‘I’m not a victim’
American soldier Travis Mills served three tours in Afghanistan until he lost his arms and legs in a bomb explosion.
The retired United States Army...
Breakthrough Bionic Hand Restores Amputee’s Sense of Touch
Nine years after an accident caused the loss of his left hand, Dennis Aabo Sørensen from Denmark became the first amputee in the world...
Printing $100 limbs in Six Hours for Sudan War Amputees
A Californian non-profit has set up a lab for 3D-printing artificial limbs in Sudan so that the local community can supply the low-cost prosthetics...
Injured Man Builds Cost-effective Hand Using 3D Printer
Richard Van As, a South African carpenter, lost four fingers from his right hand to a circular saw two years ago. He couldn't afford...
Photo of Marine Wife Carrying Amputee Husband Goes Viral
A photo of a Marine's wife carrying her wounded warrior husband is an inspiring example of people coping with and making the best of...
Disabled Duck Gets New 3D-printed Webbed Foot
Born with a backward foot, little Buttercup could only walk in great pain -- until his owner came up with a novel idea for...
Boy Who Lost his Feet But Not his Spirit Inspires Brother to Run for Boston Amputees
On July 22, 2008, Harris's little brother Michael was rushed to the emergency room with a serious bacterial infection. His condition quickly worsened –-...
Kenny Chesney Starts Fund For Those Injured at Boston Marathon
Like so many others, Kenny Chesney watched the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings with "incredulity and horror." The country star didn’t know what...