Researchers unveiled the world's first thought-controlled bionic leg Sept. 25, funded through the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's (USAMRMC) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology ...

A 32-year-old man who lost his leg below the knee after a motorcycle accident four years ago now has a robotic prosthesis he can control with his mind, according to a new report of his case. While ...

Every six weeks or so, 32-year-old Andrew Chang flies in from California to see Dr. Todd Kuiken and his team at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. “Depending on what they need me for on the ...

Climbing up Willis Tower's 103 floors is an impressive feat for anyone. But for Zac Vawter it was an even more impressive feat when he climbed one of the world's tallest towers in a prosthetic leg ...

(Nanowerk News) Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) research participant Zac Vawter made history on Sunday, November 4, 2012, by climbing 103 floors of Chicago’s Willis Tower using the first ...

Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee, aims to make medical history Sunday when he attempts to climb 103 stories to the top of the Willis Tower with his state-of-the-art bionic leg. Researchers at the ...

He’s in shape, so it shouldn’t be a surprise he’s going to attempt to climb the 103 flights of stairs inside Chicago’s Willis Tower this Sunday. “I ran track and cross country in college.” But Zac ...

31 year-old Zac Vawter made history on Sunday when he became the first person to scale the 103 flights of stairs in Chicago’s Willis Tower with a mind-controlled robotic leg, reports the Associated ...

Glen Lehman struggled with clumsy prosthetics and pain after losing his arm. Feb. 27, 2013— -- The first grenade bounced off the hood of Glen Lehman's Humvee as it patrolled the streets of ...

It's been nine years since the Center for Bionic Medicine installed its first nerve-controlled prosthetic limb — and during that time, bionic arms have become ...

Researchers unveiled the world’s first thought-controlled bionic leg Sept. 25, funded through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center ...