We’re living in the Golden Age of bionic body parts. Ear not working? Bam, bionic ear. Joints all fucked up? We’ll just engineer you some new ones. Pretty soon we won’t be burdened with the atrophying ...

Some say the next step in human evolution will be the integration of technology with flesh. Now, researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment—the sense that ...

For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools than natural limbs. As a result, climbing stairs, stepping over objects, or ...

Marsha Elle lost her leg shortly after birth due to a rare condition known as PPFD. Now a singer-songwriter, bionic model, and motivational speaker, she lives by one mission: to share hope through her ...

Human fingers are incredibly sensitive. In fact, they can pick up subtle textures and materials as small as 13 nanometers—tens of thousands of times tinier than a human hair. This means that if your ...

"We can think of completely new materials like tentacle arms because it means the brain should be able to recognize and adopt these just as well as the bionic prostheses that have been the focus of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Edgard John-Augustin was 4 years old when he lost both his legs in a car ...

Engineers designed the Bionic Man to enable several of its human-dependent parts to operate without a body. For instance, although the robot is fitted with i-limbs, it doesn’t possess the nervous ...

In dozens of operating rooms where they’re installing new joints, the bionic body, once science fiction, is now routine. New York's Hospital for Special Surgery replaces more than 4,000 joints every ...