Scientists at Florida Atlantic University have employed a novel thermal training technique to give robotic fingers a natural look and feel. With the ability to curve and straighten as it is heated and ...

Occasionally, I need to make a call during bad weather, and that means I run into a conductivity problem with my gloves. You can't use normal gloves with a smartphone because they don't allow the ...

Fingers are formed from a blob of tissue that is “chiselled away” in the womb to reveal individual digits, a study has found. Rather than growing from five stumps, the study found some tissue formed ...

An ancient fish sported something like fingers that were the precursors to our own digits, according to an analysis of a new fossil skeleton. "It's really the last piece of evidence to say fingers are ...

Syndactyly is the medical term for webbing of the fingers or toes. Webbed fingers and toes occur when tissue connects two or more digits together. In rare cases, the fingers or toes may be connected ...

This week Touch Bionics has unveiled its new line of i-Limb Digits prosthetic fingers, which are now smaller, lighter, and more accurate than its previous models. This advancement marks a significant ...