Oregon-based mechanical engineer Ian Davis is in the midst of building an extraordinary prosthetic hand. The partial hand—in the videos and pictures below—is stunningly intricate and now, after two ...

Remember the giant, human-controlled Prosthesis mech suit? We first saw the design back in 2014. It's a 4,000-kg (8,820-lb), 4-meter-tall (13-ft), chromoly steel-framed monster that uses some 170 kW ...

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After losing his fingers in a work-related accident, and not being satisfied with digital prosthetics, maker Ian Davis has created his very own mechanical prosthetic fingers which are capable of ...

Engineering firm Furrion Exo-Bionics has built a massive, four-legged mech suit called Prosthesis, a 9,000 pound monstrosity straight out of “Pacific Rim” — and it wants you to pilot it. The company ...

Take a look at PROSTHESIS, the world’s largest tetrapod exoskeleton according to Guinness World Records, and you’ll probably feel two things. One: a primitive pang that comes with the realization that ...

If you're a fan of science-fiction, you've probably seen something like the Furrion Exo-Bionics Prosthesis before. Characters in films from "Aliens" to "Avatar" have been strapping into walking, human ...