(Image: CBS News)A quality prosthetic hand cost tens of thousands of dollars…until the advent of 3D printing. Now we’re entering an age when so many machines can be produced at low cost.12-year old Leon McCa...

When she was a baby, Patience Beard lost her left leg. But that’s never stopped her. When she was four years old, Ms. Beard started gymnastics. When she was in the seventh grade, she started cheerleading. Last year...

In the Japanese mafia, failure often comes at the...  ...ght years ago after an extensive web search for a prosthetics maker, and credits his fingers for helping him tu...

The Alternative Limb Project gives people who have prosthetic limbs the chance to stand out uniquely. Paralympian and swimming champion Jo-Jo Cranfield, pictured above, wears an arm with a realistic-looking snake coiled...

South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius will...  ...mpics. He runs on specially-designed carbon-fiber prosthetics called Cheetahs. In 2008, Pistorius won a court b...

An industrial designer and an orthopedic surgeon realized that prosthetic legs don't have to be dull, ordinary and plastic. They could be extraordinary expressions of personal body art. So they founded Bespoke Innovation...

Imagine an artificial leg that can feel hot and co...  ...lenty of efforts to directly integrate nerves and prosthetics . But, according to Dirk, they typically “didnâ€...

Just like humans, when an animal loses a leg or ot...  ...some people criticize the efforts put into these prosthetics , particularly in species that are not under threa...  ...f bionic paws from Orthopets, a leader in the pet prosthetics industry. Far from just helping him walk easier,...  ...tirelessly to rais...

We often post stupid criminal stories here at Neatorama. This isn't one of them. No, this fellow was most cunning. Christopher Lowcock wrapped up his prosthetic leg in bandages. When private contractors hired by the poli...

(Video Link) Naki'o lost the lower parts of his four legs as a puppy, but Martin Kaufman of OrthoPets designed and attached four prosthetic legs for him that mimic the natural movements of dogs. Now he can get run a...